Grand Island Regional Maternity Center

10/31/2025

☀️ Welcome Earthside, Baby Macie Gunderson! ☀️

Born October 21, 2025 at 7:10 a.m.
Weighing 6 lbs 5 oz and measuring 19 inches long 💕
Proud parents: Tyler & Carlie Gunderson
Big sister: Willa 🫶

“The care I received here was beyond my expectations. The L&D team truly shows compassion, knowledge, and a friendly, calming atmosphere.
I am truly thankful for my care team from start to finish including Dr. Johnson, and my anesthesia provider. These ladies love their job and truly care for the moms — Laura, Kim, Ashlynn, Jaycee, Skylie, Sidney, Abigail, and Shelby.

Thank you for being wonderful for my family!” 💖

👶 Help us welcome sweet Macie to the world and congratulate the Gunderson family on their beautiful new addition!

10/30/2025

💗 Welcome Baby Emerson! 💗

We’re so excited to celebrate the arrival of Emerson Kroeger, born on September 24, 2025, at 11:14 a.m. She weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and measured 19 inches long.

Proud parents Alex and Sierra Kroeger share:

“We had such an amazing and quick experience here at GIRMC delivering our second baby. It could not have gone any better!”

They’d also like to recognize:

“Dr. Haake and Dr. Kramer for delivery, and nurses Courtney, Makenna, and Tori for exceptional care!” 💕

Big brother Briggs is overjoyed to welcome his baby sister!
Congratulations to the Kroeger family, and thank you for choosing Grand Island Regional Maternity Center to bring your little one into the world! 🌸

10/29/2025

🌸 Welcome Baby Liliana Ines! 🌸

Join us in celebrating the arrival of Liliana Ines Romero Perez, born on September 23, 2025, at 5:04 a.m. She weighed 6 lbs 12 oz and measured 18 inches long. 💕

Proud parents Irenna and Miguel Romero share that big brothers Aidan and Jonathan are thrilled to welcome their new baby sister!

Mom wanted to give a special shout-out:

“Dr. Haake and all nurses were kind and helpful. They informed me on everything I needed.” 💖

Congratulations to the Romero family, and thank you for choosing Grand Island Regional Maternity Center to bring your little one into the world! 💐

10/27/2025

The Watch Me Grow breastfeeding support group meeting will be canceled on Thursday, October 30th.

Join us on Wednesday, October 29th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. We will resume our regular schedule next week.

10/24/2025

10/24/2025

🎀✨ Welcome to the World, Selah Mercy! ✨🎀

Congratulations to Miranda Frederick on the arrival of her beautiful baby girl, Selah Mercy, born on September 21, 2025, at 2:51 AM!
Selah weighed 6 lbs 7 oz and is already so loved by her siblings Caspian, Elyana, and Gwyneviere. 💕

Selah made her debut in a hurry — born just 40 minutes after arriving at the hospital! A big shoutout to nurse Gabby for doing an amazing job catching baby once she “flew into the world,” and to our wonderful nurses Bre, Chandra, and Maria, along with Dr. Brennan, for their excellent care and support. 💖

Help us welcome sweet Selah to the GIRMC family! 💗

10/23/2025

💖✨ Welcome to the World, Reese JoAnn! ✨💖

Congratulations to Cole and Bergen Carraher on the birth of their beautiful baby girl, Reese JoAnn, born on September 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM!
Reese weighed 8 lbs and measured 20 inches long. 💕

She is lovingly welcomed by proud siblings Lane, Halle, and Cade.

A special thank you from the family to our incredible care team — Dr. Kenna, Kim, Courtney, Addy, Tori, Jen (NNP), Shelby Allen, and Brooke — for going above and beyond in every aspect of their delivery and postpartum stay! 🌸

Help us congratulate the Carraher family as they welcome sweet baby Reese into their hearts and home! 💗

10/14/2025

Thanks to the generosity of the Starlight Children's Foundation, children can feel less intimidated about being in the hospital!

We are so grateful for their incredible donation of toys, LEGO® kits, Disney princess dresses, Star Wars costumes, fidgets, wheelchair covers, board games and even Princess Jasmine and Chewbacca hospital gowns!

These gifts bring comfort, imagination, and smiles to our pediatric patients when they need it most. 💛 Thank you, Starlight Foundation for helping make healing brighter!

‘Play is the highest form of healing’ ❤️‍🩹

To learn more about how to support our pediatric patients, contact the Grand Island Regional Medical Center Foundation at 308-675-5000.

10/14/2025

🌟October’s Maternity Unit’s Outstanding Team Member is…

…Shelby !!!🌟

Shelby is one of our NICU nurses who is also cross trained to postpartum! She helps lead our bereavement team.

Drop a comment of praise if you’ve had the joy of being cared for by her!

❤️ My mom is caring,
helpful and she likes to help kids. - Kaysen (9)

🧡 My mom helps me when i get hurt and she is the best mom and nurse. - Tate (7)

💛 My mom helps babies not get sick and not get covid- she loves her niccu babies. - Willa (5)

💚My mom snuggles me and the hospital babies. - Nellie (3)

💙 I've always been in awe of Shelby's ease and gentle way of taking care of others. She has a soft spot in her heart for babies, old people and new moms as the navigate the first few days of motherhood. I'm sure having 4 littles of her own makes her a great resource for new parents. Shelby is constantly learning about ways to help parents and improve her skills as a nurse. - Sonya (mom)

🩵 I think what makes Shelby a great nurse is her unconditional love for not just tiny babies that are in need of specialized care, but also for the moms that are in need of someone who understands how to meet those needs and how to care for the moms as well. I know that this great motherly advice that she is able to give to her patients and their special babies comes from her great ability as a loving caring mother that she carries with her daily and expresses not only in her work but her everyday life. She truly loves helping families especially those teeny tiny babes. - Judd (husband)

💜 Shelby’s kindness, dedication, and teamwork shine in everything she does. Our unit is better because of her! She consistently goes above and beyond for her patients and her coworkers. She is someone I continue to look up to and admire. Shelby exemplifies what it means to be an outstanding team member in so many ways. Congratulations Shelby, you are so deserving of this recognition! - Maria (coworker)

🩷 Shelby was one of the first nurses I met when our unit opened, and she immediately stood out for her humor, kindness, and willingness to teach. She helped introduce me to the world of NICU nursing and has been a mentor and friend ever since. Shelby is a vault of knowledge constantly growing and now pursuing her 2nd certification in maternal-child nursing. Every new project we take on, she’s the first to volunteer and always leads with positivity and purpose. From coordinating our beautiful bereavement ceremony to taking 1 of the gorgeous delivery photos that you see mounted on our L&D walls, Shelby’s passion & flexibility shines in everything she does. As a mom of 4 kiddos, she brings such genuine compassion and personal wisdom to her patient care. We are so lucky to have her as part of our work family. 🍀 - Bre (coworker)

10/13/2025

Our maternity unit was proud to host the annual Infant Bereavement Ceremony this weekend. It was a special morning to honor and remember the babies who are forever loved and never forgotten along with their families. 🤍 🌷

Thank you to all who donated and helped make this meaningful event possible, including Westlawn memorial park, Our Little Angels, Rachel Lang-outreach minister at Third City Christian Church, Yolanda Nuncio-interpreter with the Literacy Council of Grand Island, and Bryan Health’s Bereavement Committee members.

“There is no footprint too small to leave an imprint on this world.” 👣

10/02/2025

Our very own labor and delivery nurse, Kim Howard, received the Daisy award for this quarter! 🌼 We are honored to have her as part of our team!

Kimberly Howard was honored with the DAISY Award on October 1, 2025. She is a Registered Nurse in our Maternity Services Department. She was the blessing bes...