Triplets Born in Riga — In Liepāja They'd Erect a Monument for Such Productivity

A sensation occurred at Riga Maternity Hospital — the Sīmanis family from Valmiera welcomed triplets, the first in the capital this year. A girl and two boys were born within four minutes, which is faster than you can run from the beach to your car in Liepāja when it suddenly starts raining.

The triplets weighed between 1070 and 1280 grams, which combined is less than an average pike in Liepāja port, but much more than an average Riga resident's conscience. According to the maternity hospital, four sisters and a brother are already waiting for the triplets at home, meaning the family will now have eight children. That's more than the average number of people in one tram car in Liepāja on a weekday.

Local experts note that such family productivity surpasses even the Baltic Sea's ability to generate waves — our beach may be windy and cold even in summer, but it can't create this much new life all at once. "If Liepāja had such birthing intensity, we'd have needed a second tram line long ago," comments local resident Ausma.

It should be noted that the Valmiera family chose to give birth in Riga rather than Liepāja, which proves that even in the case of triplets, people prefer the capital. But as Liepāja locals say: "Let them be born wherever they want, they'll grow up with wind in their hair anyway."