Summary "It's kind of winning the lottery; the baby lottery," the mother said.
(Reuters) - A southeast Michigan couple is twice lucky after the birth of their daughter on Feb. 29, the second time the mother has given birth to a baby girl on that day in a leap year.
Chad and Melissa Croff, from Columbus Michigan, welcomed Evelyn Joy into the world at 3:06 a.m., the Henry Ford Health System said in a statement. She arrived 10 days after her due date.
Weighing in at 6 pounds, 9 ounces, the little girl shares a birthday with older sister Eliana Adaya, who was born Feb. 29, 2012, the last time there was a leap year, the hospital system said.
"It s a little surreal," Melissa Croff told Reuters in an interview. "It s kind of winning the lottery; the baby lottery." She added that labor was not induced. Neither drugs nor a Caesarian section delivery method were used.
Currently, the couple celebrates Eliana s birthday on the closest Saturday relatives can agree on, Croff said. In the future, the girls will pick a celebration day during non-leap years.
The serendipitous timing doesn t happen often. Guinness World Records lists five siblings born on the same day in the United States, Feb. 20, from 1952 to 1966, according to the hospital system.
