Three Irish sisters have all given birth on the
same day, in the same hospital, while a fourth
sister who is also pregnant, was days overdue.
The three cousins were all born at Mayo General
Hospital in Castlebar, County Mayo, on Tuesday,
1 September.

The sisters, who all live close to each other in
Cloonfad, County Roscommon, said the co-
ordinating births were not planned.
Staff at the hospital said the three babies were
healthy and thriving.

Mairead FitzPatrick was the first sister to give
birth - to a boy named Thomas Óg - at 03:25
local time on Tuesday.

Her sister Joeline Godfrey had a baby girl named
Sorcha at about 11:00, and the third sibling,
Bernie Ward, gave birth to a boy called Phelim at
about 20:30.

Their other sister, Christina Murray, is also a
maternity patient at the same hospital.
She had been due to go into labour on Sunday,
but went days overdue.

'Never happened'
Ms Murray said she was a "little bit"
disappointed that she had not given birth on the
same day as her sisters, but was hoping to have
her baby very soon.

Speaking to Irish broadcaster RTÉ, Ms FitzPatrick
said that although they were all expecting at
around the same time, they did not think the
births would happen within a 24-hour period.
"I was actually due on Friday, the 28th [of
August] and Christina was due on the 30th," she
said.

She added that Joeline underwent a Caesarean
section on Tuesday while their sister Bernie, who
was due on Wednesday 2 September, gave birth a
day early.
The maternity manager at the hospital, Mary
Salmon, said staff were surprised by the family
co-incidence.

"We're all talking about it... the fact that we have
four sisters in and it's never happened, as far as
we know anyway, going back some time," she
said.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34136470


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