CENTER POINT, Iowa (KCRG) – Two Eastern Iowa sisters originally set to give birth two weeks apart ended up having their babies within minutes of each other.
Linn County Supervisor Brandy Meisheid wasn’t due to have her baby until Nov. 13. Her sister, Allison Sweeney, was due on Halloween. Doctors had to induce Meisheid early, and Sweeney’s baby also arrived early. Cousins Myles and Kohen now share the same birthday, Oct. 22, born 29 minutes apart.
“Having a family with four girls, it’s always a lifelong dream to be pregnant together, but it was never anything we put pressure on ourselves to do. It was just a ‘Could you imagine if this ever happened and how great that would be?’ And God had plans to let it happen,” Meisheid said.
Four babies in four months
Myles and Kohen aren’t the only new additions to the family. The other two sisters also had their babies about four months ago, born three days apart. The four now go by the Quad Squad…