Seeing Double? Meet Twin Sisters Who Work Together at Collins Birthing Center

Some sibling bonds begin in the womb, which was the case for 37-year-old identical twin sisters, Me’Lisa (LeLe) and Me’Tisha (TeTe) Lundy, who happen to be night shift co-workers at the Beaufort Memorial Collins Birthing Center.

“Me’Tisha and Me’Lisa are a wonderful pair of siblings! It’s obvious when they’re working that they share a bond unlike average siblings,” says Tiffany Washington, RN, BSN, director of the Collins Birthing Center. “They often help each other out with their respective jobs and responsibilities. Some would say this is just another example of teamwork, but the twins have very different jobs.”

LeLe is a unit secretary. She handles the clerical and administrative duties for the birthing center department, including greeting patients and registering them for treatment or admission.

TeTe, a certified surgical technician, assists surgeons in the operating room during deliveries and maintains the surgical equipment.

“It’s beautiful to watch the way they engage and interact with each other,” Tiffany says.

The sisters, both admittedly shy, agreed to be interviewed together, which is how TeTe and LeLe do most things, and the result was a delightful conversation.

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A Twin Surprise

Born in Augusta, Georgia, two months ahead of schedule, the twins were delivered by C-section, which is when their mom and the doctor got a big, tiny surprise.

“TeTe was tucked behind me. I was blocking her, so she didn’t show up on the ultrasound,” LeLe explains. “Two minutes after I was born, they were getting ready to close mom up when TeTe’s foot popped out!”

Both sisters laugh, and one can tell they enjoy telling that story.

LeLe and TeTe spent their first three months in the hospital — interesting that they both now work in a place where they spent so much time as infants — and when they came home, still wearing heart monitors, they captured the hearts of their entire extended family.

“Everyone came to see us,” TeTe says. “They brought us lots of toys and lots of matching outfits. We were the first twins in our family, so we were a little bit spoiled.”

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Finding Their Own Paths, Together

When they were 9 years old, the twins’ mother decided to move to South Carolina because she wanted to be closer to her own sister, whose husband was in the military and stationed in Beaufort.

The twins wore matching clothes throughout their elementary school years, but when they moved up to middle school, LeLe and TeTe began to show their unique personalities and their own individual sense of style. Today, when she’s not in scrubs, TeTe is still a simple T-shirt, blue jeans and sneakers kind of girl, while LeLe likes to dress up a bit more.

“I’m still casual,” she says, “but a little more fashion conscious than TeTe.”

When it came time to choose careers, TeTe was the first to arrive at Beaufort Memorial.

“I was always interested in the medical field growing up,” TeTe recalls. “I wanted to become an EMT [emergency medical technician], but my school didn’t have a program for that back then. I knew I didn’t want to be a nurse, so I chose to become a surgical technician.”

In 2010, TeTe went straight from her graduation from Technical College of the Lowcountry to the Collins Birthing Center, assisting on C-sections, and she has been there ever since.

“I love helping babies come into the world,” TeTe says. “I fell in love with working at the birthing center from day one. The people were all so nice and kind and so welcoming to me. They understood and accepted that I’m kind of an introvert. And I just really blossomed there.”

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In 2014, LeLe, who was working on her bachelor’s degree in psychology at University of South Carolina Beaufort, was looking for a part-time job when TeTe came home from work one day — the sisters have lived together their whole lives — and said they were looking for a secretary at the birthing center. LeLe and Beaufort Memorial were a perfect fit.

“TeTe loved it there so much, I figured I should take a chance and find out why, and I did,” LeLe says. “It’s just a great place to work. The people we work with are the best.”

Valued Employees

For those who work with TeTe and LeLe, the admiration is mutual.

“I love working with ‘the twins,’” says Andrea Farr, RN. “I know when they’re listed on our roster we’re going to have a great night no matter what walks through our doors. I can trust that whatever task they are asked to do they will accomplish to the best of their abilities, and when they work together you can see that unique twin communication at play: eye contact and whispers!”

“Working with the Lundy sisters has always been a pleasant experience,” says Doris Lashley, RN. “They are hard workers, do their jobs with pride and assist in getting jobs done without being asked.”

When asked if people have trouble telling the co-working sisters apart, Doris replies, “I don’t, and most of our co-workers don’t either because we know them. TeTe and LeLe look similar, but their personalities are individual. But I have heard people say to one sister, ‘Wait, weren't you just over there?’ while pointing to where the other sister is sitting.”

LeLe is currently working on her master’s degree in clinical mental health at South University in Savannah. The program includes an internship at Coastal Harbor’s Child Acute Unit where she is working with children and adolescents, so her hours at the birthing center were reduced to working only weekends.

“The people at Beaufort Memorial have been so flexible, which has made it easier for me to navigate school, the internship and work,” LeLe says.

According to Tiffany, that flexibility is a Lundy twin win-win.

“As a manager, these two sisters demonstrate what it means to work with people you love and care for, taking the initiative to do things that are not ordinarily required based on their job descriptions,” she says. “The twins step out of their comfort zones frequently to help each other and their co-workers.”

In Perfect Sync

LeLe and TeTe now live in Ridgeland, where they share a house they purchased together in 2020. They built the house from the ground up and insist that they were in perfect sync when it came to the design and décor.

“We have our moments,” TeTe says laughing. “Like all sisters, we argue about silly stuff all the time.”

LeLe agrees. “Like whose turn it is to do the dishes!”

When they’re not working the night shift at Beaufort Memorial, the Lundy twins spend leisure time at home. They take turns babysitting their nephew, Spencer Grayson, who was born via C-section at the Collins Birthing Center in 2022, to their little sister, Te’Nesha (who is known, of course, as NeNe and who also worked at Beaufort Memorial before her son was born).

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When asked if there is one thing they love most about having a twin, the sisters, no surprise, agree completely:

“She’s always got my back,” LeLe says.

“She’s my other half,” TeTe says.

“We don’t have to say anything,” LeLe replies.

“With one look, it’s like: ‘OK, let’s talk,’” TeTe adds.

And that pretty much says it all.

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