Holly Cheatum had just given birth to identical twins Sophia Ann and Delia Marie at the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Luke's East Hospital.
Little did she know that her twins would be in very good company. The hospital NICU staff had welcomed a whopping six sets of twins all at the same time — 12 little miracles in all.
All of the twins were conceived naturally.
"It is amazing and very coincidental that we would happen to have six sets of twins in our unit at one time," staff member Brenda Cornell told KMBC's Kelly Eckerman. "It's never happened before at St. Luke's East, and the staff and parents are really enjoying this time."
Some are calling the group of babies the "Dirty Diaper Dozen." While it is unusual, we've seen similar cases before: a few years ago, St. Vincent's Hospital in Australia welcomed five sets of twin girls at once! The moms of the twins have even formed a Facebook group to support each other.
"There's a couple of the moms, we're on a Facebook group together and we all chat and tell each other how the babies are doing," said Holly. "So it's nice to have that support from someone who knows exactly what you're dealing with."
As for St. Luke's? With all the buzz, moms are calling the hospital to say they want to have their twins there. Let's just say the staff has had plenty of practice.
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