Twin sisters in New Jersey beat the odds and gave birth to baby boys on the very same day, in the same hospital.
Danielle Grant and Kim Abraham, of Toms River, New Jersey, both had baby boys on April 28 at Ocean Medical Center in Brick.
According to ABC News, the baby boys were born just four hours apart and were originally due to arrive on April 22.
“Our delivery room and our hospital rooms were right next to each which was really nice,” Grant told ABC News. “It’s so nice to have someone there. All our friends and family would hop from room to room. We love doing things together anyway, so it was amazing.”
The sisters reportedly discovered they were pregnant on the same day and even put together a big gender reveal party in November.
When Grant and Abraham both surpassed their original due date, they made conscious decision to induce on the same day.
“Toward the end of our pregnancies we were going to the doctor at the same time,” Abraham said of their shared physicians, both of Brielle Obstetrics & Gynecology. “At one point we were in the same room and our doctors were like, ‘Of course we’ll induce the same day for you.’ They were so excited about it.”
According to ABC News, Grant’s son Roman arrived first at 11:42 a.m., while his cousin Aaron came just after 3:21 p.m.
Both sisters say their sons are already destined to be best friends.
“Oh they’ll definitely have combined birthday parties and we’ll raise them to be close,” said Abraham. “If they were 10 years apart they’d be close but the fact they have the same birthday is even better. We live six miles away from each other.”
“We joke that when we look for houses, we look for them next door to each other. We would love that,” Grant added.
As for the boys’ grandparents, they were beyond thrilled that they got the once-in-a-lifetime chance to welcome two grandchildren in one day.
“Mom was back and forth between the delivery rooms,” Abraham said. “She was keeping us both updated. It was nice to have her in there. For her, it’s been the best. She was texting updates from my sister’s room. I was progressing way slower and I knew my sister was actively in labor.”
According to ABC News, the sisters say the only downside to welcoming their sons at the same time is that they can’t stop buying two of everything for their little bundles of joy.
“Every time I buy something I have bought the same thing for Danielle’s son,” Abraham told ABC News. “This is where it might be bad because we’ll be spending more money than we normally would.”
