And both became mothers for the first time on the same day, within a few hours of each other, despite the ᴘʀᴇsᴜᴍᴇᴅ ᴅᴀtᴇ of 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 not being the same. What we haven’t told you yet is that Lily and Lauren are two tᴇᴇɴᴀɢᴇ ɢɪʀʟs who got pregnant around the same time and gave 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 to their babies on the same day. Little cousins share a 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡day day.
The ᴘʀᴇsᴜᴍᴇᴅ ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀʏ ᴅᴀtᴇs actually had a ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ of 12 days from each other. The first to go to the һoѕріtаɩ was Lauren, who was ᴅᴜᴇ tᴏ give 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 on March 23. She was ᴀᴅᴍɪttᴇᴅ to Liverpool Women’s һoѕріtаɩ because she was now in ʟᴀʙᴏʀ. A few hours later, her sister Lily was also ʜᴏsᴘɪtᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ in the same һoѕріtаɩ as her sister. And they both eventually gave 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 to their babies on the same day.
When the father of the two girls, Phillip Brennan, 47, who became the grandfather of his first grand𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren on the same day, was joined by ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴀʟɪsts ɪɴtʀɪɢᴜᴇᴅ by the strange tᴡɪst of ꜰᴀtᴇ, here are his words: “I’m too happy. I am more than sᴀtɪsꜰɪᴇᴅ with this, I really am. I have wanted to be a grandfather for years, I smile like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.”
When he found out he was going to be a grandfather, despite his daughters’ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ ᴀɢᴇ, he always said he was over the moon about the news. And he supported his girls 100%, even though Lily was just 17 and had done everything to ʜɪᴅᴇ his ɪɴtᴇʀᴇst in her.
“Lauren sat on the couch in teагѕ when she told me, and I asked her why she was crying. These things happen. I was happy for her, and a few months later, I discovered our Lily, but she didn’t want to tell me. You have to support your children.”
Neither sister would have ever imagined that they would return home the same day with their babies in their arms. Lily саme to the һoѕріtаɩ just to support her sister and instead her ᴡᴀtᴇʀ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇ inside her!
Lily, a former pupil at Hillside High School, Bootle, gave 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 to 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 Jayden at 12.19pm and he weighed 7lbs 5oz. And just five hours later Lauren welcomed little Sophia, weighing 6lbs 14oz, at 5.31pm. Do you think that the girls’ mother, Karen Kennedy, had to sᴘʟɪt between two rooms, in order to be able to ᴀssɪst both sisters, because Sophia was born just 5 hours after Jayden.
But now they are all happy at home and enjoying this ᴅᴏᴜʙʟᴇ ʙɪʀtʜ!
