Identical twins Stephanie Edginton and Nicole Montgomery do practically everything together, but they didn't expect they would give birth to their daughters at the same hospital, on the same day and in a matter of six minutes.
The twins, who live in New Jersey, were both admitted to the Virtua Hospital in Voorhees on Monday, Feb. 8. However, Edginton was supposed to have given birth last Feb. 5 and when that didn't happen, she was booked to see the doctor Monday.
"We actually had a doctor's appointment today," Edginton told Action News. "So we got there and they were like, 'You have to go to the hospital.' We get a call that Nicole and Rich are on their way, too."
Meanwhile, Montgomery was not due to give birth until Valentine's Day, according to Daily News. She was excited to learn that her twin was getting to the hospital about the same time.
The twin sisters were situated across each other at the hospital's labor wing and they were able to check on each other in their rooms. "I feel very blessed to be going through this with my best friend," said Montgomery.
Hours later, the twins delivered Cora, Edginton's daughter, and Lousia, Montgomery's daughter, just six minutes apart. The twins themselves were born three minutes apart.
The twins believe their daughters will share a special bond just like their moms who have the same jobs and went to the same college and we members of the same sorority.
Identical twins giving birth on the same day is a rare occurrence, but it also happened last year in Texas when Karen and Kathy Escobar gave birth to their babies within hours of each other, Click 2 Houston reported. Kathy had a daughter, while Karen delivered a baby boy.
