FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVU, KDFW) - A Texas hospital is celebrating a baby boom with the arrival of a record 48 babies in a span of less than 48 hours.
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth said between June 26 and June 28 its teams delivered 27 baby girls and 21 baby boys, including one set of twins.
On average, the hospital delivers about 15 babies a day.
The spike in the number of births broke a record of 42 babies in 48 hours set just last month by Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
"At one point, nine mothers were ready to deliver at the same time. Their babies were born within 40 minutes," Baylor University Medical Center officials said.
What led to the baby booms? One doctor's theory is that the cooler fall season could have contributed. Nine months ago, when the mothers were getting pregnant, it was almost October.
"Well, it's starting to get cold. The days are starting to get shorter. I don't probably have to say more than that," Dr. Elisabeth Wagner said.
Another theory is that the influx of pregnancies happened after Hurricane Harvey last August. Experts said it's not that uncommon to see a baby boom around nine or 10 months after a stressful or emotional event like a natural disaster or tragedy such as 9/11.
Baylor Scott & White Officials said that while both the Fort Worth and the Dallas locations are known as high-volume delivery hospitals, the record setting number of births are definitely "rare and exceptional."