According to sources, a sister gave birth to twin girls and her brother's partner gave birth to a son hours later at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. The family is from Bridgeyate in South Gloucestershire and thanked the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Twin girls Frankie and Connie were born on February 6 to mum Georgie, while according to sources, Billy's son Maddox was born on the same day.
Maddox arrived on his due date, while Georgie's twins were born earlier than expected. The exact times of birth for Frankie, Connie, and Maddox have not been disclosed. Georgie said the family had joked about the rare coincidence happening before it did.
'It still feels surreal that we all became parents on the very same day. ' she said. Georgie added: 'It was a very emotional day for us all, one our family will never forget.
' The family described the day as 'incredibly emotional' and the coincidence as 'truly extraordinary' and 'surreal'. Georgie praised the hospital staff for being amazing, keeping them calm, reassured, and supported. A hospital spokesperson described the chances of this coincidence as extraordinary, noting identical twins occur in 1 in 250 births and only 4-5% of babies are born on their due date.
The specific medical or logistical challenges the hospital faced in handling three births from the same family on the same day are not known. Maddox's mother Kiera said the girl cousins are 'definitely going to rule the roost'. Kiera said: 'He's got an older sister and girl cousins.
' Billy told the BBC: 'We couldn't believe it. ' This news follows a story about two twins conceived on the same day but born five years apart. Siobhan Rigby and her husband Vincent welcomed their first daughter Charlotte around eight years ago after five rounds of IVF.
The couple had 10 embryos left, all technically twins as they were created at the same time. Noah was born five years after his sister from one of the frozen embryos. Siobhan said: 'They are totally different.
They look completely different. ' The long-term plans or impacts for the family, such as financial or social arrangements for the cousins, have not been detailed.