• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Twins give birth at the same time and same hospital

Home> News

Updated 06:49 28 Aug 2023 GMT+1Published 06:50 28 Aug 2023 GMT+1

Twins give birth at the same time and same hospital

Both babies were delivered by the same obstetrician, too.

Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis

Twin sisters have given birth at the same time and, yep, in the same hospital, too.

9News reported that identical twins Gillianne Gogas and Nicole Patrikakos have always been twinning hard.

And when it came to motherhood, the sisters were no different, falling pregnant around the same time.

But no one could've predicted the two giving birth on the same day at Epworth Freemasons in east Melbourne.

Gillianne gave birth to her son on August 22 at 1.20 pm, only to have her nephew, Nicole's son, born five hours later.

Advert

"The timing, you just can't plan something like that. So yeah, disbelief, shock, excitement, all of those emotions," Gillianne told 9News.

"[We were] very close growing up.

"We have always done everything together so this is just another example of that."

But the similarities don't stop here, as both babies were delivered by the same obstetrician, Dr Joseph Sgroi.

"It is not something that is common. It is not commonplace for even sisters to give birth on the same time or on the same day," he said.

Advert

Just to make your head spin, both boys shared the exact weight of 3.5 kilograms.

Dr Sgroi said that these infants are more like biological brothers than cousins.

9News

"We know that they share 100 per cent of their DNA so these two boys, whilst they may be cousins they are actually more akin to brothers in terms of their gene pool," he said.

The sisters said that due to their children being born on the same day, it would warrant a 'huge' celebration each year.

Advert

"Hopefully they will be as close as we are because it really is a special bond that we have," Nicole told the outlet.

This isn't the first time we've seen twins and their incredibly synchronicity.

Famously, twins WWE champions Nikki and Brie Bella gave birth to baby boys a day apart, with Nikki welcoming a new arrival on 31 July, 2020 and Brie following shortly after on August 1.

When former wrestlers and reality TV stars Nikki and Brie announced their pregnancies, they were shocked to learn they had similar due dates.

Brie told PEOPLE: "Wait, twins being pregnant at the same time? People are going to think that's a joke. We both are shocked. People are going to think we planned it, but you can't really plan pregnancy!"

Advert

Nikki added: "[It was] a total surprise. It took even me a good week to come to terms with, like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm pregnant.' I'm not ready for it."

Featured Image Credit: 9News

Topics: News, Australia, Parenting

Charisa Bossinakis
Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis is an Associative Journalist at LADbible. Charisa has worked across various media platforms including, print, digital, radio and podcasting while maintaining the highest regard for quality work and integrity. She also covered everything from breaking news, to pop culture, entertainment and politics and is part of the editorial team for LADbible.

X

@CBossinakis

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

2 hours ago
4 hours ago
  • (M. Guagnin et al., Nature Communications)
    2 hours ago

    Archaeologists rethink human history after Saudi Arabian desert discovery

    Archaeologists discovered incredible life-size artwork carved into the rocks in the southern Saudi Arabia desert

    News
  • Tennessee Department of Correction
    2 hours ago

    First woman in over 200 years to be executed by US state

    Three decades after she was convicted of the horrific murder of her classmate, Christa Gail Pike's fate has now been sealed

    News
  • John Keeble/Getty Images
    4 hours ago

    Renault car owners warned as cyber attack sees eight key personal details leak

    The French car company says its UK customers have had their personal details stolen in a cyber attack

    News
  • Getty Stock Image
    4 hours ago

    Public health experts issue urgent advice to Brits over new 'Stratus' and 'Nimbus' variants

    The UK health agency warns cases of new Covid strains are rising

    News
  • Two sets of identical twins who gave birth to 'quaternary twins' address huge misconceptions about their lives
  • Jesy Nelson gives birth to twins after revealing they were diagnosed with rare condition in womb
  • Woman gave birth to baby via IVF then had to give it up after realising it wasn't hers
  • How Tom Hardy shot 'best scene in British film' while playing both Kray twins at same time