A set of twins born at the Forsyth Medical Centers, Sara Lee Center for Women's Health in Winston-Salem on Tuesday June 17th are the heaviest set ever born in the state of North Carolina and they could be  the second-heaviest set born in the United States during the last 100 years.

Twins Sean William Maynard and Abigail Rose Maynard were born to parents Joey and Erin Maynard, of Winston-Salem, via C-section.

Sean William weighed 10 pounds, 14 ounces, and Abigail Rose weighed 12 pounds, 3 ounces for a combined 23 pounds, 1 ounce. Hospital officials claim the twins are North Carolina's heaviest ever.
The twins were born 2 minutes apart and are perfectly healthy staff at the hospital report.

Their parents are Joey and Erin Maynard of Winston-Salem.

The largest twins ever born weighed more than twenty-seven pounds combined. Patricia and John Haskin, born in Arkansas in 1924, weighed 14 pounds and 13 pounds, 12 ounces respectively.

Maynard Twins, Sean William Maynard, Abigail Rose Maynard, Mom, Erin Maynard, Father, Joey Maynard, Born June 17, 2008, Forsyth Medical Center, Sara Lee Center for Womens Health, North Carolinas largest twin birth, 23lbs and 1ounce
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