Mother and daughter give birth within minutes of each other
A US woman and her eldest daughter have given birth within minutes of each other.
When they first learned they were both pregnant Angela Patram, 37, and daughter, Teranisha Billups, 20, expected their babies to be born within a few weeks of one another.
As it turned out, the mother and daughter delivered their babies only 34 minutes apart in Tampa General Hospital in late February.
Dr Atef Zakhary, who practices at Tampa General, was shocked by the momentous occasion.
"I've been in this field for 29 years … I've seen maybe 14,000 deliveries," he said.
"I've never seen a mum and daughter deliver on the same day. And this is as close as you could get."
Ms Patram was scheduled to be induced on February 19 while Ms Billups was due to have her first baby two weeks later, on March 6.
However the night before Ms Patram was to be induced, Ms Billups went into labor and the two women ended up in labor in rooms next door to each other.
Ms Patram's fifth child, Rayna Simone Patram, came into the world at 6:29 pm, while baby Jerry Michaud Jr arrived via caesarean section 34 minutes later.
Ms Billups said they had already heard a lot of Father of the Bride 2 jokes, referring to the 1995 Steve Martin movie which featured a mum-and-daughter pregnancies.
“It’s a blessing,” Ms Patram said.
"I guess we have special babies," Ms Billups said. "We'll be celebrating birthdays together for the rest of their lives."
"They’ll be very close.”
Morning news break – March 9
