After experiencing two miscarriages, Georgia Hall, 20, was elated to tell her sister Demi-Leigh, 23, that she was pregnant. Demi-Leigh made the celebration doubly special when she revealed that she was also pregnant.
At their first scan, the sisters from England discovered their babies were both due on December 13. Georgia told Newsweek: "We thought the genders had to be different since we found out on the same day and had the same due date. Surely, we couldn't both be having girls!"
Georgia shared a video on her TikTok account @georgiahall8 showing the sisters and their partners finding out the babies' genders. The video has since gone viral, with 1.7 million views at the time of writing.
The sisters' predictions were incorrect, and they are indeed both pregnant with girls. In the clip, which has over 250,000 likes, the pair can be seen jumping for joy opposite one another while the pink confetti flutters down.
"We were in complete shock," she told Newsweek. "Everything has been so in sync up to the due dates, so we genuinely believed the genders would be different! As you can see in the video, we are so happy. It doesn't seem real."
Their feelings have been echoed in the comments by hundreds of users who are excited too.
One TikTok user said, "Omg this gave me shivers - absolutely adorable. Congrats."
"They're gonna be raised like sisters! That's adorable," said another.
A third commenter joked, "The way my sister would have accused me of copying her."
Georgia has no doubt the babies will have a close bond, just like she does with Demi-Leigh. They now dream about giving birth on the same day.
"We hope they share a birthday, for our baby's sake, as we think it would be cute that they'd get to celebrate together," Georgia said.
"My sister and I are best friends, and they will be too."
Due dates aren't always accurate, so it's possible that the cousins will be born on different days.
The Listening to Mothers III study, conducted by Childbirth Connection, surveyed 2,400 women who gave birth to a single baby in U.S. hospitals between mid-2011 and mid-2012. It found that almost one in six mothers (17 percent) had their due date changed to an earlier date by their prenatal care provider, while 9 percent had their due date changed to a later date.
Regardless of the day their babies are born, the sisters are over the moon that they can share this special journey together. Georgia praised Demi-Leigh for being by her side every step of the way.
"Demi helped me through two miscarriages, so having her during this pregnancy means the world to me," she told Newsweek. "She already has children, so I can ask her for advice if I'm ever worrying or even just for planning purposes for when the baby comes.
"Pregnancy is so lonely, so having each other helps because we know we won't be doing anything on our own," she said.
"Friends come and go, but sisters are for life."
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