EASTON, MD
The University of Maryland Shore Regional Health’s first baby of 2025 arrived on the morning of New Year’s Day at UM SRH’s Birthing Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton. UM Shore Regional Health is a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System.
Baby boy Ronin Chance was born at 10:03 a.m. to Amanda and Jesse Chance of Preston, weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and measuring 20 inches long. He joins an older sister, Nova, at home. Mom Amanda Chance, RN, BSN, is a nurse in UM Shore Medical Center at Easton’s Intensive Care Unit.
The family was gifted a congratulatory basket from UM Shore Regional Health, which included baby clothing, diapers, bathing, feeding and health items, pacifiers, baby toys and baby books. Shore United Bank also donated a $250 savings bond certificate to the newborn.
Nearly 1,000 babies are born at the Birthing Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton each year.
University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton recently was recognized for the fourth time as High Performing in Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) by U.S. News & World Report.