Baby girl arrives with a string of sevens: born on the 7th, weighs 7lbs 7oz, in room seven

A mum has declared seven as her baby’s lucky number after the little one turned 7 in room seven and weighed 7lbs 7oz. Laura Farrer, 38, and her freelance husband Danny, 43, had even made a playful bet two months before she went into labour.

The father-to-be was convinced their baby would be born on July 7, weighing exactly 7lb 7oz. Laura was “shocked” when his prediction turned out to be correct – she actually gave birth in room number seven and claims to have seen the number everywhere since then.

Although the “bet” was just for fun and no money was exchanged, Laura now wishes she had placed a real bet. Laura, an HR business partner in Rugby, Warwickshire, said: “We’ve just started seeing the number come up over and over again.”

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She added: “My husband said it into existence.”

She believes that seven must be her daughter’s lucky number from now on.

On Tuesday 2nd July, Laura was informed by her midwife that she would need to be induced in a few days. However, on arrival at Coventry and Warwickshire University Hospital, she was told she would have to wait six days for a place on the labor ward.

“As the days went by, we realized he was actually very close to being born on the 7th,” Laura said. They were called to be inducted at 8.30pm on Saturday 6th July.

Her waters broke at 10pm and the baby girl was born at 3am on Sunday 7th July. “We had been waiting almost a week to have it – and now our prediction was coming true.”

A few minutes later, Laura’s newborn weighed 7lbs 7oz.

“Even the midwife said ‘no way,'” she exclaimed.

Laura has noticed an unusual pattern emerging with the number seven in her daughter’s birth story as more days pass.

Her little one was welcomed into the world on a Sunday universally known as the seventh day and she herself has endured no less than seven days of labor to date.

Explaining one of the curious alignments, Laura noted: “The nurse did a labor check at 7am that morning.”

Adding further to the streak of seven, Danny stepped in in a moment of calm and announced, “While I was having a break, Danny rushed over to tell me we’re in room seven.”

Completely stunned by the coincidence, Laura expressed that she was “blown away” by the sequence of events.

In an eerie foreboding, Danny confessed, “I predicted this would happen,” and candidly shared his reaction, “I was absolutely blown away when it actually came true.”

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