Alfie's a first in 2024

Date of release: 2 January 2024

New Year started off in the best way possible for Amy and Ryan Pope as little Alfie Ryan arrived into the world at 1.21am – the first baby born in 2024 at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

Alfie Ryan

The couple’s second son weighs 7 pounds and 1 ounce and his proud brother Freddie Thomas, aged three, can’t wait to meet his new little brother.

“Freddie has met Alfie via FaceTime but he really wants to see him properly now,” said Amy, 29, a teacher.

Amy and Ryan, 30, said coverage of Alfie’s birth as a New Year’s Day baby would be something special to show him when he’s older.

“It is nice to think he’s the first baby of 2024 at New Cross Hospital although we’re both just relieved that he’s here and he’s OK because we were involved in a car accident before Christmas. Even though the scans were fine we were still worried,” said Amy.

“He looks just like Freddie did when he was a baby and both of them actually arrived pretty quickly so they already have that in common! We’re going to have a busy house with the two of them now.”

There were nine babies born at New Cross Hospital on New Year’s Day.