A woman named Kristen Lammert, who gave birth to all four of her children on the same day, has shared how each of them was naturally conceived with the same due dates.
She revealed that her daughters—Giuliana (6), Sophia (9), Mia (3), and Velentina, who is 4 weeks old—were all born on August 25th.
Kristen also mentioned that while all the pregnancies were natural, her two youngest daughters were born prematurely.
She said: “They were all conceived at different times, it wasn’t the annual Christmas party date.
“My last two daughters were premature, so they weren’t even due for weeks, yet they managed to make their appearance on their sisters’ birthday too.
Talking on how she had always wanted a big family, she said: “We had met in 2009 whilst we were both working as pirates at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom,”
“We started dating and then we married in October 2014.
“I’m one of three siblings and Nick (Her husband) is an only child, so for different reasons we both wanted to have a big family.
Kristen shared that she gave birth to her first daughter, Sophia, on August 25th, 2015. When Sophia turned two, Kristen and her partner decided to try for another baby. She became pregnant in December 2017 but never expected that their second daughter, Giuliana, would also be born on Sophia’s birthday.
“When I fell pregnant with Sophia we were both delighted.”
“We were so shocked when I actually gave birth on the 25th August after all that,
“To have both daughters with the same birthday was such a coincidence. We couldn’t believe it.”
Kristen explained that during her third pregnancy, her due date was in September. She and her husband had no idea their third child would also arrive on August 25th.
However, during that time, she developed hypertension, which led to pre-eclampsia. This condition caused her to go into labor five weeks earlier than expected, resulting in their third child being born on the same date as her older siblings.
She added: ““They had to break my waters as I’d gone in to early labour,” recalls Kristen.
“But I went into labour on the 23rd August, so I never imagined that she would be born on the girls’ birthday.
“But I was in labour for 36 hours, which meant that she was born on the 25th too.
“By now, Nick and I really couldn’t believe it. We didn’t know anyone else who had ever had three girls born on the same date.”
The couple were thrilled with their three daughters, but decided to have one more baby to make their family complete.
“We were looking forward to actually having a birth date different from the 25th August this time,”
“I had a dull headache first and I went to the hospital to get checked out, but I was so convinced it was nothing, that I didn’t even pack an overnight bag with me, as I was so convinced I would be sent home again.
“But it progressed from mild to severe very quickly, and then the next day I lost my vision.
“Doctors said I would have to give birth as I had a risk of a stroke or a seizure because of the pre-eclampsia.
“It was so scary, my only thought was I had to have this baby – I didn’t want to leave my other three daughters without a mum.”
“My body seems to have its own way of doing things – and I slow labour for 36 hours, and then suddenly everything speeds up and the baby is born,” she says.
“Fate definitely played a part in it.
“There was no way that her three sisters were all going to share the same birthday, and let Valentina be the odd one out.
“I felt sorry for the girls having to celebrate their birthday in hospital so we got pizzas in the hospital room, and told them we were having a pizza birthday party.
“And when Valentina arrived a few hours later, it really was the best birthday present that any of the girls could have asked for.
“Sophia actually wished on a star a few days before her birthday that her new sister would arrive on that very day. So her wish certainly came true. She was over the moon.”
“Pre-eclampsia can get worse with each progressive pregnancy,” explains Kristen.
“So it wouldn’t be safe for me to try and get pregnant again. But anyhow, our family is complete now with four girls.
“And it’s an easy one for birthday parties coming up as we only have to do it one day a year.
“All the girls have been born on the same day, exactly three days apart.
“We have been told the odds are 17 billion to one, and I certainly have never heard of it happening before.”
