“It meant a lot to me,” Ream tells PEOPLE
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- Dr. David Vincent Ream experienced the birthday of a lifetime when he delivered two sets of fraternal twins at a Pennsylvania hospital
- Also there for the big day was Dr. Beth Maxwell, the OB-GYN who delivered Ream 34 years ago
- “It meant a lot to me,” Ream tells PEOPLE
A Pennsylvania doctor traded in cake and candles for the delivery room on his 34th birthday.
On Wednesday, April 8, Dr. David Vincent Ream helped deliver two sets of fraternal twins at Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg.
Making it even more special? Ream got to share the moment with Dr. Beth Maxwell, the OB-GYN who delivered him 34 years ago, then trained him throughout his residency.
“It meant a lot to me,” Ream tells PEOPLE of helping deliver four babies alongside his mentor.
During the delivery process, Maxwell, who helps teach at the hospital, was in the room as part of a program that allows doctors in training to sit in on births as a learning opportunity.
Although Ream had been caring for patients Jenna Campbell and Elizabeth Harr throughout their pregnancies, he didn't expect he would be sharing his birthday with their twins until right before the big day.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly and the four babies were all born healthy.
Ream calls the births a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” noting that his hospital only delivers about 1,000 babies a year. To put that into perspective, he explains that larger medical centers may deliver around 10,000 newborns in that same timespan.
He went on to commend Maxwell's 36 years in medicine and education.
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“One of my goals is to be like Dr. Maxwell and deliver generations of babies," Ream says.
It's these moments that make his career worthwhile, he adds, even if it means spending time away from his fiancée Rebecca and son Brooks.
"I always kinda say if I can't be with mine, the best thing I can do is bring life to another family, bring something special into someone else's life," he says. "It's super rewarding."
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