AAMC on pace for another record year for births

The region is experiencing a baby boom and Anne Arundel Medical Center is on the receiving end.

The hospital delivered a record 5,603 babies last year and it is on track to surpass that milestone with an estimated 5,770 babies expected to be delivered there by the end of the year. The quick pace makes AAMC the second-largest birth site in the state, according to hospital officials.

It also puts the hospital on par with a record 4.32 million births nationally in 2007.

Hospital officials said they believe the birth rate continues to grow because patients are coming to AAMC from outside the county to have their babies. New...