Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust collates all the baby-related data every month detailing how many babies are born – boys and girls – whether there are any sets of twins or triplets and how babies are delivered.

There are stats for the number of babies born at Wirral Women and Children’s Hospital and how many are born at home or at Seacombe Birth Centre as well as the how many new arrivals were breast fed.

They also record the busiest day each month for births and whether babies are born on their due date, a little early or a little late.

There were 269 babies born in Wirral last month – 1142 boys and 127 girls with two sets of twins.

Some 124 were vaginal births with 115 caesarean sections and 28 babies were born via ventouse or forceps delivery with 105 inductions.

There were three home or community birth and five water births and 157 babies were breast fed.

Some nine babies arrived on their due date with 203 arriving early and 57 coming late.

October 23 was the busiest day of the month with 15 babies being welcomed into the world on each day.

There were 269 babies born in Wirral in October (Image: Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)

Every month we appeal for your pictures of your new babies.

These babies feature in an online article every month and will also appear in a special supplement at the start of next year.

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Let’s welcome the babies born in Wirral in October 2024

There's still time to send in your photograph if your baby was born this year.

To be included, send us a picture of your newborn along with their full name, the area of Wirral they are from, date of birth and weight using the form below.

Any photographs with missing information will not be included.

Please include a colour photograph rather than black and white and only send close ups rather than montages or filtered pictures.

If you're due to give birth later this year, don't forget to look out for our appeals at the end of each month to send in your photograph.

If your baby was born in January, please share a photo here

If your baby was born in February, please share a photo here

If your baby was born in March, please share a photo here

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If your baby was born in August, please share a photo here

If your baby was born in September, please share a photo here

If your baby was born in October, please share a photo here or use the link at the bottom of the page