Pella Regional Health Center’s first baby in their new Family Birthing Center is a little girl.

Sydnie Noelle Boender was born at 7:37 am on Tuesday, August 29th. Her parents are Karl and Kristin Boender of Oskaloosa, and the physician working with the family is Dr. Galyn Vande Zande. Pella Regional opened the new birthing center Tuesday, after one year of construction on the hospital’s new third floor.

Chief Nursing Officer Yvonne O’Brien-Evans says the space includes more rooms for labor/delivery and postpartum — 7 labor rooms, 3 postpartum rooms and 2 triage rooms, additional space in the nursery, expanded nursing stations and waiting areas. It also offers a wide range of amenities for moms, families and visitors.