Zyani Tala Hyatt was born just a few minutes after midnight, on Jan. 1 at 12:03 a.m. to become the first baby born at an Intermountain Hospital in Utah in 2025.

It had been a typical New Year’s Eve for the Hyatt family. Marygene and Bronson Hyatt had taken their 4-year-old son, Bruxs, to see “Moana 2” before heading to their home in Murray to light some early fireworks. 

Marygene Hyatt was expecting a baby and scheduled for a Cesarean delivery on Jan. 16, but her baby had other plans. On New Year’s Eve, Marygene started having contractions and decided to head to the hospital. By the time she and her husband got to Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital (3741 W. 12600 South) around 9:30 p.m., she realized her baby girl was on her way. 

“I never expected that to happen because my OB/GYN gave me a due date of Jan. 23,” Marygene said. “I was not really expecting anything like that because my son was already in bed, and we were about to go to bed, but then the contractions happened.”

The Hyatts named their baby Zyani because it’s similar to a word that means “gift from God”. Her middle name, Tala, is the “goddess of the stars” in the mythology of Marygene’s native language of Tagalog. Marygene is originally from Samar in the Philippines but came to the United States in 2017 and became a U.S. citizen in 2023. 

 “When I lived in the Philippines, I had a phobia of hospitals because I had a university classmate who died in childbirth,” she said. “Everyone at Riverton Hospital is so kind and smiling and celebrating with you, and that makes me feel safe and like I have family here.”

Their son Bruxs was also born at Riverton Hospital. He wasn’t thrilled about having a sister, hoping for a brother instead. But after a while, he got used to the idea, hugging his mom’s belly and reading stories to his
unborn sister. 

Bronson Hyatt said the staff at Riverton Hospital was helpful and friendly and made them feel comfortable, even with such a surprise birth. 

“They were so gentle with Zyani and her big brother Bruxs,” he said. “They even have GPS tracking on babies while they’re in the hospital.”

“They gave us a [gift] basket from Intermountain Hospital,” Marygene said. “It was nice of them to do that. Most of the staff, from the doctor down to the nurses, kept coming and visiting. It was really cool. It felt like a family and they took care of us.”

In 2024, 2,400 babies were born at Intermountain Riverton Hospital, a slight increase from previous years. More than 26,000 babies were born at Intermountain Hospitals in Utah in 2024. λ