Twin sisters now have another birthday in common after giving birth just hours apart – defying million-to-one odds.
Natalie and Leanne Paulson, 21, from Branston, Leicester, both welcomed their first child just hours – and beds – apart, despite Natalie’s due date not being until a week later.
The non-identical sisters, who are both care assistants and gave birth at Leicester Royal Infirmary, were just yards away from each other as they went into labour.
Twin sisters Leanne (left) and Natalie (right), 21, from Leicester, not only found out they were pregnant on the same day, but also went into labour and gave birth within hours of each other on the same ward at Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leanne, who was a week late, gave birth to an 8lb 8oz baby boy named Carter at 6.17pm, whilst sister Natalie welcomed a little girl at 12.02am named Mila-Rose, who weighed 8lb 2oz.
Natalie, who lives with her partner, electrician Daniel Morgan, 28, said: ‘Leanne went into labour on my due date.
‘I knew it would be close but I never imagined we would be in rooms next to each other giving birth. The nurses couldn’t believe it.
‘It was an amazing experience because we’ve always shared everything.
Natalie welcomed a little girl at 12.02am named Mila-Rose, who weighed 8lb 2oz
Leanne, who was a week late, gave birth to an 8lb 8oz baby boy named Carter at 6.17pm
Baby Carter (left) with cousin Mila-Rose (right). Natalie and Leanne Paulson, 21, were due to have their first children over a week apart. But when Leanne went into labour a week later, she was taken to the same ward as her sister
‘We ended up in the same room afterwards and I was holding her baby and she was holding mine.
‘They even look quite similar.
‘It’s lovely that our children will grow up knowing they were born just a few hours apart. It’s a strange coincidence but me and Leanne are used to doing most things together.’
Leanne, who lives with her partner, plumber Robert Walker, 23, added: ‘I thought I’d be late going into labour but never that we’d go in on the same day.’
In April, identical twins Tina Hammond and Louise Huckerby, 23, defied similar odds to give birth to their babies just hours apart in the same ward at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
The twins, who are not identical despite looking similar, were even given rooms next to each other at Leicester Royal Infirmary
Left: Leanne in hospital with partner Robert and baby Carter. Right: Natalie in hospital with partner Dan and baby Mila-Rose
Meanwhile, over the pond last month, identical twin sisters miraculously gave birth on the same day, at the same time, in their respective time zones.
Sarah Mariuz and Leah Rodgers, 35, both delivered their babies at 1:18am, with Leah’s son Reid Joseph born first in Denver, Colorado, on Mountain time. Then, an hour later, Sarah welcomed a daughter, Samantha Lynne, in La Jolla, California, on Pacific time.
The babies were both the first children for each of the twins, who had due dates of just four dates apart.
Speaking to Today.com, the women both insisted that the timing of the pregnancies were definitely not planned.
The twins defied million-to-one odds to give birth to their babies on the same ward in the same hospital – just hours apart
‘It’s lovely that our children will grow up knowing they were born just a few hours apart. It’s a strange coincidence but me and Leanne are used to doing most things together,’ they say. Left: Natalie pictured with baby Mila-Rose. Right: Leanne pictured with baby Carter
However, they said, they weren’t particularly surprised by the fantastic coincidence.
‘We’ve always lived in separate places, but all of us – we have two sisters – are very close in age and very close,’ Rodgers said. ‘But certainly there’s another connection at the twin level.’
The pair also discovered their respective pregnancies around the same time, and, of course, both decided to reveal their news to one another at Thanksgiving.
They added: ‘We ended up in the same room afterwards and I was holding her baby and she was holding mine. They even look quite similar’
Leanne, who lives with her partner, plumber Robert Walker, 23, added: ‘I thought I’d be late going into labour but never that we’d go in on the same day’
Sources:dailymail.co.uk
