ABOVE: Trenton and Courtney Murphy of Olivet, Michigan, are shown in foreground with their first child, Tatum Trenton Murphy, born June 8, 2022, at Oaklawn in Marshall, Michigan. Both parents were born at Oaklawn and Trenton is a member of Oaklawn’s only recorded set of triplet births. In background are, from left, the Murphys’ family physician Dr. David Byrens, Heather Beck, RN and Birth Center Director Tracee Hathaway, RN, all of whom assisted when Trenton and his two sisters were born in 1993.
MysteryVisits Communications provided this press release on behalf of Oaklawn during June 2022.
~ Olivet family’s newborn carries legacy of Oaklawn’s only recorded triplet births ~
Courtney Murphy of Olivet, Michigan, is convinced that, when her new son Tatum is old enough to have children of his own, he should plan for them to be delivered at Oaklawn in Marshall, Michigan.
That’s not just because Courtney and her new baby both were born at Oaklawn. Her husband, Trenton Murphy, and his two sisters — triplets — also were born there. In fact, Trenton is a member of the only set of triplets known to have been born at Oaklawn.
When Trenton’s own firstborn child was delivered at Oaklawn’s Birth Center last week, some of the medical staff who attended the triplets’ birth in February 1993 were on hand to assist in — and congratulate him on — the remarkable situation.
For his part, Tatum Trenton Murphy was born at 12:10 a.m. June 8, weighing in at 8 pounds and 15 ounces and measuring 20½ inches long.
“In our family, the firstborn son takes the dad’s name,” Trenton said. The custom has been practiced over four generations, he added.
Trenton is a lifelong Olivet resident. His wife, Courtney, is a former Ceresco resident.
Trenton’s sisters were Erikka Murphy and Erinne Murphy — the latter now Erinne Siedelberg of Olivet. Their parents were Mark and Suzanne Murphy, both of whom have remained in the Olivet region. Suzanne has remarried and now is known as Suzanne Hall. Erikka Murphy died in an accident in 2000, Trenton said.
Eric Ebner, M.D., delivered the triplets in 1993 and David Byrens, M.D., assisted after their birth. Byrens continued to serve the family as Trenton and his sisters grew up.
“We have always kept a scrapbook in our unit, and we had pictures from that time of the parents and the triplets,” said Tracee Hathaway, RNC, director of Oaklawn’s Birth Center, who was an Oaklawn nurse at the time the triplets were born.
“Now Dr. Byrens is Tatum’s doctor as well,” Hathaway said. Ebner, also still on Oaklawn’s staff, stopped by to congratulate the family, she said.
Dr. Kathryn Young delivered Tatum, Hathaway said, adding that other Oaklawn staffers present for Trenton’s birth as well as that of Tatum included Heather Beck, RN, and Jill Hays, RN.
“We all remember taking care of Suzanne and the babies,” Hathaway said. Other nurses who assisted in Tatum’s delivery were Autum Lewis, RN, and Kyleigh Bloom, RN, she said.
“I went to Dr. Byrens my whole life because he was our family doctor,” Trenton Murphy said in explaining why the couple chose Oaklawn for their son’s delivery. “I felt comfortable going to a place that we knew and didn’t have to drive far. It worked out great for us.”
“I thought it was amazing” at Oaklawn, Courtney Murphy said in describing the staff’s effort. “I felt very comfortable the whole time. They took very good care of Tatum.”
“I thought we had a great experience,” Trenton Murphy added. “The doctors were all great and the nurses were awesome. It was a good experience all the way around.”
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