Twins Give Birth Hours Apart From One Another In Adjacent Rooms | HuffPost Life

Welcome to the world Carter and Mila-Rose!

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These twins just can’t help but do everything together, even giving birth.

Fraternal twins Natalie Louise Paulson and Leanne “Lan” Paulson of the UK gave birth to their respective babies just six hours apart from one another at Leicester Royal Infirmary, according to the The Sun.

The women, 21, are both care assistants.

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Serendipitously, both women went into labor on July 29th, even though Leanne was already a week late and Natalie had another week to go.

The babies do not share a birthday. Leanne had her baby boy, Carter, at 6:17 p.m. on the 29th and Natalie had her baby girl, Mila-Rose, at 12:02 a.m. on the 30th.

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“I knew it would be close but I never imagined we would be in rooms next to each other giving birth. The nurses couldn’t believe it,” Natalie told The Daily Mail. “It was an amazing experience because we’ve always shared everything.”

The new moms say the babies look alike, and indeed they do.

Here’s to a happy, healthy future!

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Atticus was a difficult and reflux-y baby. This was 24 hours after we got him on meds for his reflux -- he was a different baby after that. (credit:Loreen Petzing Hamilton)

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Not even 12 hours old and captured this sweet moment of a little grin. Makes my heart melt all over again. (credit:Not even 12 hours old and captured this sweet moment of a little grin. 😍 makes my heart melt all over again)

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He is my angel of happiness, smiling since the day he was born. This photograph was taken during our first trip to the beach. My beloved grandma is holding him while both enjoyed the sunset. (credit:Dani Boo)

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Precious moment of finally seeing this beautiful, magical smile after 8 weeks of colic discomfort! This was, literally, his first smile; I was lucky enough to have my phone near by! He was 2 months old here. (credit:Kelly Evans)

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My PAC Man at 3 weeks old, right after mommy's milk. (credit:Kelly Kitchens-Collins)

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We were still in the hospital. She had an IV in her head and was receiving antibiotics through it. And yet ... I photographed her first smile. (credit:Kelley Wheat-Rivers)

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Matthew smiling at just 33 weeks gestation age (he was born at 32 weeks and 2 days). He was 6 days old in this picture. (credit:Morgan Rae Ivanova)

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I think Charlie was only 2 or 3 weeks at this time. I captioned it on my social media "it's all shits and giggles till someone giggles and shits." He wasn't really laughing, but he looked like it in the photo! (credit:Brittany Tretta)

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Just a couple weeks old -- his little smile melts my heart. (credit:Chantal Parsons)

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1 month old. (credit:Cheryl Charlie)

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My daughter Alayna at her 1 month checkup! (credit:Kristina DeMaria)

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Not the best quality, but I wasn't expecting this at all and really wanted to capture the moment. He started giving me so many grins out of nowhere and it made me hate the overnight feeding a little less. Melted momma's heart, and even though I know he was a little person already, he seemed to become more of one and less of just a wrinkly little alien potato in this moment. (credit:Rachelle Byars)

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He was about an hour old... (credit:Heather Barbalinardo)

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His first smile. And it was a laugh at his dad. This was 6 years ago. Kid hasn't stopped laughing since. (credit:Kelly Smith)

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Felt like it took forever to get my Miss Serious to smile and even longer to capture it! I LOVE this picture!!! (credit:Jenni Postel Barden)

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Just a week old and already had his mommy totally charmed. (credit:Jamie Wells Melton)

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We were at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta for his open heart surgery at 4 days old. We had just received the news that they were finally sending us home and my husband caught him smiling, right under 2 weeks old. (credit:Lacie Smith Groeninger)

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My beautiful baby boy at 1 month old. (credit:Yipsi Cambara Marquez)

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Baby Kate and her sister Charlotte. (credit:Jilien Beaton-Downton)

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The best smiles always seem to come when they should be sleeping. (credit:Maureen Kelly Burgess)

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My son on the day he was born! Still that happy too... (credit:Christina Giuliano Lorelli)

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Best smile ever while hugging her bunny. (credit:Kerry Hicks)

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A week old in the NICU. Getting some mama time. So peaceful. (credit:Kalila Framstad Johnson)

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First smile I captured on camera. Hits me right in my soul! (credit:Katie Franco)

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This was after two long nights of him struggling to breathe. We both came down with a nasty cold, only he couldn't remotely breathe with it. Had to sleep on my chest or nothing. Finally on day two he broke his temperature and was able to sleep flat. He gave me a giant smile. (credit:Mandi Mae Killip)

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