Arizona sisters Rylee Rumsey and Kayla Strickland were surprised to discover they were pregnant at the same time, with due dates just a week apart, but they never expected to give birth on the same day.
Then on June 7, Rumsey went into labor spontaneously, and less than 2 hours later, so did Strickland.
Their mom, Stephanie, told ABC 15,
Being with one of them where they're pregnant at dinner and the other one calling me, saying, ‘Mom, I'm on my way to the hospital.' The other one, an hour and a half later: ‘Mom, I'm in labor.' Would have never ever, ever imagined that. A lot of praying and a lot of back and forth, back and forth.
Thankfully, she didn't have to go back and forth very far because her two daughters were just down the hall from each other at the same hospital, with the same doctor and delivery team.
Strickland said of her mom,
I think it worked out perfectly because she had to be at the hospital one time, one place.
She also only had one birth weight to remember, because both of her grandsons ended up weighing in at exactly the same weight of 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
As for the sisters, they're excited to continue the parenting journey side-by-side with their baby boys, who will probably grow up feeling more like twins than cousins.
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