Doubly lucky

Updated on: 14 September,2009 08:10 AM IST |
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After giving birth on auspicious 8-8-08, woman delivers baby again on 9-9-09

Doubly lucky

After giving birth on auspicious 8-8-08, woman delivers baby again on 9-9-09

It's the date they welcomed their newest addition to the family. Andy and Alison Miller welcomed Molly on the ninth day of the ninth month on 2009.u00a0

But this isn't the first time one of their children was born on a special date their first child was born on 8/8/08.

Campbell Miller was born on August 8, 2008.u00a0u00a0 And just four months later, Andy and Alison Miller found out they were expecting another child.

"The first ultrasound I did, the doctor gave me the due date of September 8. The I put it together right then thinking, 'Oh my, she could be the 9/9/09 baby,'" said Alison.

When the child did not come early, the couple took action.u00a0"We decided we were going to go in on the eighth and try to induce and then have a baby on 9/9. And so we did," said Alison. At 4:59 p.m. on 9/9/09, Molly was born.

"It wasn't, that there was a bigger plan out there than what we're in charge of," said Alison.

So will they carry the family tradition and plan for a 10/10/10 baby?u00a0u00a0 "No, we're going to take a rest," laughed Alison.

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