A pair of identical twin girls were welcomed into the world - by a pair of identical twin nurses.

Sisters Tara Howard and Tori Drinkard both work as nurses at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Centre in, Georgia, US.

The pair were on shift when Rebecca Williams went into labour with her twins, Addison and Emma.

Mrs Williams' husband Brannan said he was happy to hear that the twin nurses would be in the room to help his wife.

"I was really nervous about the walk into the C-section room," he said, "and then learning that, I was like, oh, that's pretty cool! It kind of relaxed me a little bit."


Image: Brannan and Rebecca Williams say the nurses have become their friends. Pic: Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Centre

Mrs Howard works at Piedmont Athens Regional's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), while Mrs Drinkard recently moved from accident and emergency to working in the hospital's labour and delivery unit.

"It was pretty neat because Tara took care of Becca in the labour and delivery room and Tori was taking care of Emma in the NICU," Mr Williams told Good Morning America.

The hospital often sees nurses come from both teams when a baby needs help from the NICU. There is also a policy of one nurse per baby in use in the hospital, meaning both the sisters would be needed to help.

Image: Emma and Addison were born three minutes apart. Pic: Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Centre

The Williams' have said they will keep in touch with their children's nurses, as they have yet another connection - Mrs Williams works at the hospital as a recruiter.

Mr Williams says he has been asking Tara and Tori for advice on how to raise his own daughters as twins.

"[Tara and Tori] have become our friends. I look forward to letting the girls know about this one day, and hopefully they'll get to meet them and keep carrying this thing on."