Nine-pounders come into the world on 9-9-09

POMONA - Some people exchanged vows Wednesday and some large companies released products to take advantage of a date some considered lucky.

Those events were all planned.

The arrival of three babies - all about 9 pounds - on 9-9-09 at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center was never planned for that day.

Jaeline Alonso-Dimas of Pomona was born at 5:13 a.m. She weighed in at 9 pounds, 10 ounces.

Arcadio Alvarez Jr. of Ontario arrived at 12:03 p.m. He weighed 9 pounds, 8 ounces.

Cadence Grace Luu of Ontario weighted exactly 9 pounds when she arrived at 3:18 p.m.

In some cultures, such as the Chinese, nine is a lucky number second only to 8, according to LiveScience.com.

It is a number linked to long life because its pronounciation resembles the word meaning long lasting.

Vanessa Luu, Cadence's mother, said she and her husband Vinh Luu were originally told the baby would arrive later this month.

"The original due date was the 15th. Then it changed to the 10th. We thought we actually could have her on 9/9," she said.

The Luus have experience with special numbers. They were married on July 7, 2007 - or 7-7-07.

"The wedding we planned. This wasn't as planned," Luu said.

Jaeline's mother said she wasn't expecting her daughter to arrive until this weekend.

"I'd been given the 13th (as a delivery date) but she came ahead of time," Angelica Dimas said in Spanish.

It wasn't until after Jaeline was born that her family noticed all the nines.

"I hadn't taken (the date) into account until my husband and mother-in-law started talking about it," Dimas said.

While the two girls where in a hurry to come into the world, Arcadio Jr. was running a little behind schedule.

"He was actually due on the 3rd," his mother Amanda Hawley said.

Then, on Tuesday evening, the contractions began, Hawley said.

Arcadio Jr's mother said her son's birthday won't go unnoticed, a thought the girls mothers expressed as well.

"It's cool! I'm not going to forget it, that's for sure," Hawley said.