FARMINGTON — The first baby born at MaineHealth Franklin Hospital in Farmington didn’t arrive until Thursday morning at 8:20 a.m.

Elliana-Lynn Marie Franchetti, the first baby born in 2025 at MaineHealth Franklin Hospital in Farmington is seen on Friday afternoon, Jan. 3, with her mom Tisha-Marie Stinchfield, dad Tristan Franchetti and sister Aubrey-May Stinchfield at the hospital in Farmington. The family lives in Jay. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser

Delivered by C-section, Elliana-Lynn Marie Franchetti weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long. Her parents are Tisha-Marie Stinchfield and Tristan Franchetti of Jay.

Her older sister, Aubrey-May Stinchfield will be 12 next month, Franchetti said Thursday afternoon.

“It was a scheduled C-section,” Franchetti stated. “We knew ahead of time. She wanted to do a C-section. She delivered by C-section the first time. Everything went well.”

Franchetti said the baby’s maternal grandparents are Kevin and Mary Stinchfield of Strong, paternal grandparents are Heidi and Dennis Conant of Canton.

The couple did not care to share information about their employment.

Franchetti said the pregnancy was kind of planned, then added, “It was a surprise for sure.”

Elliana-Lynn Marie Stinchfield of Jay is the first baby born in 2025 at MaineHealth Franklin Hospital in Farmington. Born Thursday, Jan. 2, she is seen Friday afternoon at the hospital in Farmington. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser

The name Elliana-Lynn won’t be shortened, her mom said Friday afternoon. Lynn is after her dad’s mother, Elliana was chosen by my daughter, she noted. “I am hyphenated, my daughter is hyphenated,” she stated. “We are just continuing the tradition.”

Dr. Jennifer Zeliger of MaineHealth Obstetrics and Gynecology Farmington attended the birth in the hospital’s Family Birth Center, Jill Gray, communications & public affairs manager noted in a press release.

As Franklin Hospital’s first baby of 2025, Elliana-Lynn’s family received a basket full of items including onesies, a burp bib, pacifier and teether holder, lotion, book, wipes, bath and lotion set, flannel blankets, and much more, Gray wrote.

In addition to the distinction of being one of the first babies born in 2025 in Maine, Elliana-Lynn will be awarded a $500 Alfond Scholarship Foundation grant [provided to every baby born a Maine resident] that may go toward his/her future college or training expenses, Gray noted.

“Everything is good,” Franchetti added Thursday.