BAKERSFIELD, California – Newborn twins in California have different birthday years.
One child was born in the late hours of Dec. 31, 2017 and the other was born on Jan. 1, 2018.
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Maria Esperanza Flores Rios was originally due on January 27, then had a C-section scheduled for January 10.
But on December 31, just two minutes before the new year, her son Joaquin Ontiveros was born weighing 5 pounds, 9 ounces and 18 inches long.
Joaquin's twin sister, Aitana De Jesus Ontiveros was "slightly breached" according to KERO-TV and had to be delivered via C-Section at 12:16 a.m., a whole 18 minutes after her brother, but technically in a different year. She weighs 4 pounds, 10 ounces and is 16 inches long.
The exhausted mom, who has three other girls ranging in age from 18 to 6, shared her excitement.
"I feel really happy because I just had my two babies," Rios, the twins' mother, said.
The Delano's Hospital said Joaquin was the county's last baby of 2017 and Aitana was the first of 2018.