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    Indiana identical twins give birth on same day

    BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AP) — Two identical twins in Indiana now have another birthday in common: They delivered babies on the same day at the same hospital.

    The Herald-Times reports 21-year-old Jessica and Jennifer Patterson gave birth Wednesday at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital.

    Jennifer Patterson gave birth first to a girl, Adalynn Rose Patterson, who was born with a collapsed lung but is now doing fine.

    Eight and half hours later, Jessica Patterson gave birth to a boy, Mason Douglas Patterson, by Cesarean section.

    Jennifer Patterson calls the same-day births "kind of cool." Both women live in the tiny Lawrence County town of Judah.

    Hospital spokeswoman Amanda Roach says no one can recall the last time identical twins delivered babies at the hospital on the same day.

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    Information from: The Herald Times, http://www.heraldtimesonline.com

     
    • Dan W  •  Newport, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Is anyone else getting tired of this stupid location pop up?
      • Voxpopuli 7 mths ago
        I like it, you can tell where the STUPID people live !!!
      • Jolie 7 mths ago
        LOL, INgenuous. Funny. I hate it because it is annoying. Plus I live near a city which is also a city in another state, so it's lame. Frankly, I am getting tired of ALL pop ups!
      • MARC 7 mths ago
        what of it?
    • Pip  •  Washington, United States  •  7 mths ago
      c-sections are usually planned. Show me a set of twins who gave birth naturally on the same day and we'd actually have something remarkable.
      • Roberto Americano 7 mths ago
        Where did you find info showing that they were C-sections?
      • Roberto Americano 7 mths ago
        My bag...I re-read the story and found that ONE had a C-section. Yes it was probably planned, but how does THAT relate to the one NATURAL birth?
      • semora 7 mths ago
        c-sections can happen for MANY reasons! My son was born by c-section, and trust me, while a section birth was the plan (he was breech) the day he was born was nowhere near the planned day. There are also sections due to premature labor, hard labor, emergency sections. To imply they are all planned is stupid.
    • Teri  •  Richmond, United States  •  7 mths ago
      My dad and his brother are identical twins. My mom and my aunt delivered on the same day in the same hopsital about 44 years ago! No C-Section either! Picture was in the newspaper.
      • Cindybin 7 mths ago
        That's pretty neat!
      • Rosendelinda I 7 mths ago
        did you say your dad had a conjoined twin?
      • Kate 7 mths ago
        that's not identical twins...you say your mom and aunt gave birth to them on the same day?? not twins
    • Tabs  •  7 mths ago
      And they still have the same last names?
      • Gee 7 mths ago
        Maybe they married brothers????
      • IHateIdiots 7 mths ago
        In this day and age, you'd be surprised if these girls weren't married? For all we know, the same guy is the father of both babies--or maybe they married brothers, it is a pretty small town. My father's youngest sisters married (and divorced) a pair of brothers, so they both had the same last name even after marriage.
      • Bill Cousert 7 mths ago
        Maybe they decided to keep their maiden names. Lots of women are doing it these days.
    • Walter  •  Philadelphia, United States  •  7 mths ago
      I'm so glad to hear it was TWO identical twins and not three, like all the twin-triplets you hear about.

      The Associated Press -- butchering the English language for over 150 years.
      • moi 7 mths ago
        I like your sense of humor...I needed that laugh!!! THANKS!
      • old guy 7 mths ago
        Perfect.
      • BAM 7 mths ago
        I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed. Twins means two!!!
    • Quenched  •  San Jose, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Nowadays many people pre-plan the delivery date of their baby, nothing special about that at all. Want to have a baby on the same day as your sister? Cesarean section or labor inducing drugs will do the trick.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Louisville, United States  •  7 mths ago
      It happened in Louisville, KY back in 1963. My husband and his cousin were born to twin sisters in the same hospital 12 hrs apart..... and yes, both dads were present.
    • Nathan S  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  7 mths ago
      This is a nice story. So much better than the KarTRASHian postings.
    • Patsy  •  7 mths ago
      But did they get PREGNANT on the same day is the question...
    • american vet.  •  Herndon, United States  •  7 mths ago
      thats great i hope they have differnt fathers
    • Ralph  •  Bay City, United States  •  7 mths ago
      My mother and her twin sister had their first kids, both sons on the same day 64 years ago before Doctors picked what day they were born, also they were married in a double wedding and their husbands had the same first name.
    • jatkins47  •  Murfreesboro, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Some people seem to not understand the situation.The first one was obviously natural.The second one was obviously planned as a C-section so that both would give birth on the same day to make headlines!
    • WI Mother  •  7 mths ago
      C-secton means it was not natural but planned to happen.. No big deal, anyone can plan the birth of a child. What's the big news??????
    • the masked hobo  •  7 mths ago
      Hmm both have the same last name so either they married brothers or both are unmarried .
    • Fed up with political cor ...  •  7 mths ago
      The second was by C-section.......Not really a coincidence.
    • Justin Kase  •  7 mths ago
      Probably went to the same party.
    • Jeremy  •  7 mths ago
      Neither of them are married. Hope the dads are at least around....
    • Li'l Bit  •  7 mths ago
      Someone needs to go back to school.......Two identical twins = double entendre.
    • scottc  •  7 mths ago
      can this story be labled sexist as it does not mention any father. last time i looked it always takes two to make a child
    • Odd Ball  •  7 mths ago
      Must had been something in the air? Yep, their feet!
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