Sisters give birth minutes apart, outdoing their other sisters who gave birth days apart

CENTER POINT, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - Two Iowa sisters pregnant at the same time had due dates weeks apart, but they ended up having their babies within minutes of each other.

Linn County Supervisor Brandy Meisheid was due to have her baby on Nov. 13, while her sister, Allison Sweeney, was due on Halloween. But the two ended up having their sons on the same day, just 29 minutes apart.

Doctors had to induce Meisheid early, and Sweeney’s baby also arrived early. Cousins Myles and Kohen now share the same birthday: Oct. 22.

“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,” Meisheid said. “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.”

4 babies in 4 months

Myles and Kohen aren’t the only new additions to the family.

Meisheid and Sweeney’s other two sisters – Taylor Campbell and Rachel Mantermach – both had their babies, Charles and Merritt, about four months ago, just three days apart. The four cousins now go by the Quad Squad.

Meisheid says Myles and Kohen were born in hospital rooms next to each other, and Myles and Merritt were born in the exact same room.

“So, everybody shares something in this story. There’s just too much coincidence for it not to be a greater purpose or something,” she said.

All four sisters and babies are happy and healthy.