Sarah Marius with husband (Left) and Leah Rodgers with husband (Right). SCREENGRAB from TODAY.com
Two identical twins from the US gave birth to their聽babies on the same day and at the same time, though聽in different time zones.
Sarah Mariuz and Leah Rodgers, 35, both delivered their firstborn at 1:18 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, with Leah鈥檚 son, Reid Joseph, born first in Denver, Colorado, at their local time. An hour later, Sarah gave birth to her聽daughter, Samantha Lynne, in La Jolla, California, at 1:18 Pacific time.
According to reports from TODAY and People, the twins repeatedly denied rumors that they intentionally planned to deliver at the same time.聽Sarah聽told People, 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 plan being pregnant at the same time. But our journeys aligned, even giving birth! Twins have a special bond, it鈥檚 hard to explain.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檝e always lived in separate places, but all of us鈥攚e have two sisters鈥攁re very close in age and very close,鈥澛燣eah聽told TODAY. 鈥淏ut certainly, there鈥檚 another connection at the twin level.鈥�
The sisters learned they were pregnant last year during their Thanksgiving celebration. They also found out that their due dates were only four days apart.
Upon giving birth,聽Sarah聽didn鈥檛 announce the surprising news聽and allowed her twin sister, older by 11 minutes, to tell her the news first.
鈥淚 wanted Leah to have her moment of sharing her news, rather than me just saying, 鈥楳e too!'鈥澛燬arah said.
Likewise, the twins also discovered that their child鈥檚 genders are colossal coincidences, given that Leah , who grew up as a聽鈥渢omboy,鈥� had a son while Sarah, the chic and girlier twin, delivered a daughter. 聽Gianna Francesca Catolico
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