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Minn. baby born 8/8/08 at 8:08; 8 pounds, 8 ounces

Aug 8, 8:02 PM (ET)

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) - Hailey Jo Hauer was born on the eighth day of the eighth month in 2008 at 8:08 a.m. So it wouldn't make sense for her to weigh anything other than 8 pounds, 8 ounces.

Lindsey Hauer thought staff at Lake Region Hospital in Minnesota were joking when they told her the time of her daughter's birth. Then she got a call from the birthing suite noting Hailey's weight.

Nurse Jenny Harstad joked that she tried to shrink the baby to 18 inches from her actual 19.5 inches.

Several hospital staff members pledged to buy lottery tickets.

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Information from: The Daily Journal, http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/


lucky kid.

Sweet

8 is also a very positive number in chinese culture and part of the reason they started the olympics on that day

That's just extreme coincidence and irony. Pretty crazy stuff.

that's totally amazing!

That IS pretty neat!

i like how the nurse said she tried to shrink her down to 18 inches. i wonder how you do that?