Seeing double: Sisters Melissa Panto (left) and Shannon Lynch (right) each gave birth hours apart on Jan. 19 at Holy Redeemer Hospital. Avery Panto (second from left) is the daughter of Melissa and Damian Panto, while Melissa Lynch (third from left) is the daughter of Shannon and Jason Lynch.
Two sisters from the Northeast gave birth to girls five hours apart on Jan. 19 at Holy Redeemer Hospital in Meadowbrook.
On that day, Shannon Lynch, of West Mayfair, was admitted to Holy Redeemer to induce labor a week after her original due date.
While she was there, Melissa Panto, her sister, came to visit; but then she began experiencing contractions of her own.
Melissa, of Bell’s Corner, left the hospital, but returned shortly thereafter and delivered her own baby.
Vaida, daughter of Shannon and Jason Lynch, was born at 3:11 p.m.
Avery, daughter of Melissa and Damian Panto, was born at 8:30 p.m. ••
