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Nine Nurses Pregnant In Hospital's Labor Unit, All Due Around Same Time
By Loumay Alesali and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN
A baby boom is coming to the labor and deliv- ery unit of a Maine hospital, where nine of its nurses will give birth to their babies around
the same time.
The labor and delivery nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland are all due between April and July.
"After each one of us started to say, 'We're pregnant,' I think it was a happier
kind of announcement each time, and we're all there for each other," nurse Erin Grenier
told CNN affili- ate WMTW.
The hospital announced its baby boom Monday
on social
media and con- gratulated
The hospital responded to some people's concerns regarding hav- ing enough staff in the summer, commenting "Don't worry! We have a plan."
The nurses have supported each other from the beginning and will contin- ue to do so until they all give birth, according to WMTW.
"It is really nice coming to work and seeing other people who are just as
pregnant watch- ing their bellies pop and just talking about these experi- ences that we are going through togeth- er," nurse Amanda Spear told WMTW.
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