- Mother was born in Bellevue and graduated from Clyde High School. Family now resides in Bradner.
Cassandra Row (sitting on bed) is the proud mother of twin girls, the first babies born at The Bellevue Hospital (TBH) in 2013. Taking part in the celebration are, left to right, Cassandra’s mother, Amy Row; Michael K. Winthrop, President and CEO of TBH; Cassandra and Amber Sue Row; Dr. Tarek Dbouk and Cheyenne Lynn Row; and Holly Bollenbacher, RN, CLC, with TBH’s Family Birthing Center.
It was twice as nice at The Bellevue Hospital (TBH) on Wednesday, Jan. 2, when the Family Birthing Center welcomed twin girls as the hospital’s first babies of 2013.
Amber Sue Row and Cheyenne Lynn Row are the first-ever twins of the New Year born at TBH. They were born to Cassandra Row on Jan. 2 and were delivered by Dr. Tarek Dbouk.
“I found out I was having twin girls about three months into the pregnancy,” explained Cassandra, who was born in Bellevue and graduated from Clyde High School. “The first thing I did was scream. I could not believe it. I was pretty scared at first. But now, just look at them!”
Cassandra and the girls will receive many gifts from local and area businesses in recognition of the happy event, and many of those businesses doubled up on the gifts once they found out that twins were involved.
Cassandra had no idea she was going to be delivering on Jan. 2 when she came to see her OB/GYN, Corey Fazio, D.O., for a check-up. “I arrived at his office at 10:30 a.m. and was apparently having contractions, although I could not feel anything,” noted Cassandra, who was due on Jan. 22. “Dr. Fazio sent me to TBH and my contractions starting getting closer together. The girls were then born about three hours later.”
Amber Sue was born at 2:48 p.m. and weighed 4-pounds, 11-ounces and was 17 ¼ inches long. Her sister Cheyenne Lynn arrived one minute later and weighed 5-pounds, 10-ounces and was 18 ½ inches in length.
Maternal grandparents are Amy Row and David Row of Bradner. Maternal great-grandmother is Cheryl Stansberry of Upper Sandusky.
Cassandra, who has one sister and four brothers, also noted that twins run on her mom’s side of the family, as her great-grandmother was a twin.
In recognition of being the first babies born at The Bellevue Hospital in 2013, the family will receive $400 from the hospital, free fitness classes for mom from TBH and instructor Ashley Tyler, free yoga classes for mom compliments of TBH and instructor Karen Branco, and gifts from the hospital Gift Shop.
The twin girls also receive various gifts from local merchants, including Downtown Florist, Hogue’s IGA, Bassett’s Market, CVS, ACE Hardware, Dendinger’s, First National Bank, Woodard Photographic, The Bellevue Gazette, Churchill’s Gifts at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine, Tranzitionz Salon & Spa, and the Bellevue Fire Department.