Twins Born In NC Set a Record of 23 Pounds!

Boy and girl believed to have heaviest combined birth weight ever recorded in North Carolina and second highest in the United States during the last century.

Forsyth Medical Center - Winston-Salem, N.C.: Twins Sean William Maynard, 10 pounds, 14 ounces, and Abigail Rose Maynard, 12 pounds, 3 ounces, delivered at Forsyth Medical Center's Sara Lee Center for Women's Health on Tuesday, may claim the distinction as the heaviest set of twins ever born in North Carolina and possibly the second heaviest set born in the United States during the last century.

The twins, born to Joey and Erin Maynard of Winston-Salem, N.C., were delivered via Cesarean section two minutes apart and are in excellent condition. Mother and dad are also doing fine.

Based on an Internet search, the heaviest combined twin weights were born to an Arkansas woman, on Feb. 20, 1924, totaling 27 pounds, 12 ounces. A set born in 1997 to a Wilson, N.C., couple weighed a combined total of 18 pounds, 10 ounces.

The Maynard twins are the most recent births at the Sara Lee Center to establish a state record. The Brewer quintuplets were delivered at Forsyth Medical Center in 2004.

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