Ben Hooper
UPI – A Virginia fire station experienced a miniature baby boom when three firefighters became dads at the same hospital within 24 hours.
The Spotsylvania Regional Medical Centre said in a Facebook post that three babies were born within 24 hours at the facility and each father involved works as a firefighter with Fort Belvoir Fire and Emergency Services at Fort Belvoir Army Base.
“We are excited to welcome these little ones into the world,” the post said.
The dads – Kyle Dean, Kyle Frederick and Michael Irvine – said they had joked in the weeks before the births about what it would be like if the three babies ended up sharing a birthday.
“A few weeks before, we were all together at work and talked about it and how crazy it would be – saw each other in the hallways and stuff like that,” Dean told WJLA-TV.
The men said they were pleasantly surprised to discover their wives were all in labour at the same time.
“Once I found out I actually told the nurses. Just a heads up – two of my guys are coming as well and we ended up with the nickname from the nursing staff as the fab three,” Irvine said.
