Identical Twin Nurses Brought Together To Help Deliver Identical Twin Babies

Dec 27, 2019

Identical twins Tara Drinkard and Tori Howard work at the same hospital in Georgia. Drinkard works in the NICU and Drinkard serves as a labor and delivery nurse. 

But the sisters had never helped deliver a baby together until recently, when Rebecca Williams, pregnant with twins needed a cesarean section delivery. 

Many of the things we enjoy in life come in pairs. Two cherries come on one stem, sunglasses have two lenses, and bicycles have two wheels. For couples expecting a baby, having twins can be exciting.

One of the best pairs come in the form of identical twins. There’s always someone to share memories with, talk to, and there’s an unspoken connection that only identical twins seem to understand. In this case, one of the only things that can be better than spending your lives together is bringing life into the world together.

In Georgia, a set of identical twins worked at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Tori worked in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and Tara delivered babies. Working in the same building with similar career paths was nice, but one day the twins went to work unaware that their lives would change in an instant.

A patient named Rebecca Williams came into the hospital to deliver her twins. However, it was soon found that she required a cesarean section. When the hospital delivers babies that need to go to the NICU, there are often nurses from both teams present to assist with the delivery, reports CNN. This was the first delivery they would ever work on together and in an ironic twist, Tori and Tara were assigned to deliver twins.

The pair of 26 year-old twins that were born in Piedmont Athens Medical Center were going to deliver a set of twins at the same hospital. “I was excited to go to a delivery with my sister but it didn't really cross my mind -- we're twins and they're twins," Howard explained to Good Morning America.

The identical twin girls Addison and Emma were born prematurely at a bit over four pounds. While they were receiving treatment in the NICU, their parents had a sense of comfort knowing Tara and Toni were there and could answer their questions until they can be released, CNN described.

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