Baby Boom At Maine Hospital Means 9 Labor Unit Nurses Are Pregnant | HuffPost Life

The nine nurses say they plan to be there for each other's deliveries.

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Alicia Wilson/Maine Medical Center via AP

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Nine nurses who work in the labor and delivery unit at the largest hospital in Maine are expecting babies in the next few months.

Maine Medical Center announced the bonanza of babies with a Facebook post on Monday featuring eight of the nine nurses and their respective bumps.

The army of infants is expected to arrive between April and July. The Portland hospital’s photo showed the nurses wearing their hospital scrubs and holding cards indicating their due dates. There were pinks and blues among the cards, along with two yellows and a green.

The nurses are supporting each other during their pregnancies. WMTW-TV reports they plan to be there for each other’s deliveries. The hospital says all nine of them are registered nurses.

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Information from: WMTW-TV, http://www.wmtw.com

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Woman Paints Pictures On Stomach To Record Pregnancy

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Throughout her pregnancy a Chinese woman has painted pictues of her growing baby on her stomach. Luo Qianxi said she came up the idea as she is painter. "Some people writes pregnancy diaries or take pictures to record the process, while I chose to paint." Luo said the paints she used were specially made so as not to contain anything potentially harmful. She says: "I paint by looking myself into the mirror, and each painting takes three to five hours. I paint every genuine ideas about pregnancy, including guessing the image of my baby, onto the belly. The paintings are my expectations to him, and my imaginations to him." (credit:Rex)

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Throughout her pregnancy a Chinese woman has painted pictues of her growing baby on her stomach. Luo Qianxi said she came up the idea as she is painter. "Some people writes pregnancy diaries or take pictures to record the process, while I chose to paint." Luo said the paints she used were specially made so as not to contain anything potentially harmful. She says: "I paint by looking myself into the mirror, and each painting takes three to five hours. I paint every genuine ideas about pregnancy, including guessing the image of my baby, onto the belly. The paintings are my expectations to him, and my imaginations to him." (credit:Rex)

(03 of10)

Throughout her pregnancy a Chinese woman has painted pictues of her growing baby on her stomach. Luo Qianxi said she came up the idea as she is painter. "Some people writes pregnancy diaries or take pictures to record the process, while I chose to paint." Luo said the paints she used were specially made so as not to contain anything potentially harmful. She says: "I paint by looking myself into the mirror, and each painting takes three to five hours. I paint every genuine ideas about pregnancy, including guessing the image of my baby, onto the belly. The paintings are my expectations to him, and my imaginations to him." (credit:Rex)

(04 of10)

Throughout her pregnancy a Chinese woman has painted pictues of her growing baby on her stomach. Luo Qianxi said she came up the idea as she is painter. "Some people writes pregnancy diaries or take pictures to record the process, while I chose to paint." Luo said the paints she used were specially made so as not to contain anything potentially harmful. She says: "I paint by looking myself into the mirror, and each painting takes three to five hours. I paint every genuine ideas about pregnancy, including guessing the image of my baby, onto the belly. The paintings are my expectations to him, and my imaginations to him." (credit:Rex)

(05 of10)

Throughout her pregnancy a Chinese woman has painted pictues of her growing baby on her stomach. Luo Qianxi said she came up the idea as she is painter. "Some people writes pregnancy diaries or take pictures to record the process, while I chose to paint." Luo said the paints she used were specially made so as not to contain anything potentially harmful. She says: "I paint by looking myself into the mirror, and each painting takes three to five hours. I paint every genuine ideas about pregnancy, including guessing the image of my baby, onto the belly. The paintings are my expectations to him, and my imaginations to him." (credit:Rex)

(06 of10)

Throughout her pregnancy a Chinese woman has painted pictues of her growing baby on her stomach. Luo Qianxi said she came up the idea as she is painter. "Some people writes pregnancy diaries or take pictures to record the process, while I chose to paint." Luo said the paints she used were specially made so as not to contain anything potentially harmful. She says: "I paint by looking myself into the mirror, and each painting takes three to five hours. I paint every genuine ideas about pregnancy, including guessing the image of my baby, onto the belly. The paintings are my expectations to him, and my imaginations to him." (credit:Rex)

(07 of10)

Throughout her pregnancy a Chinese woman has painted pictues of her growing baby on her stomach. Luo Qianxi said she came up the idea as she is painter. "Some people writes pregnancy diaries or take pictures to record the process, while I chose to paint." Luo said the paints she used were specially made so as not to contain anything potentially harmful. She says: "I paint by looking myself into the mirror, and each painting takes three to five hours. I paint every genuine ideas about pregnancy, including guessing the image of my baby, onto the belly. The paintings are my expectations to him, and my imaginations to him." (credit:Rex)

(08 of10)

Throughout her pregnancy a Chinese woman has painted pictues of her growing baby on her stomach. Luo Qianxi said she came up the idea as she is painter. "Some people writes pregnancy diaries or take pictures to record the process, while I chose to paint." Luo said the paints she used were specially made so as not to contain anything potentially harmful. She says: "I paint by looking myself into the mirror, and each painting takes three to five hours. I paint every genuine ideas about pregnancy, including guessing the image of my baby, onto the belly. The paintings are my expectations to him, and my imaginations to him." (credit:Rex)

(09 of10)

Throughout her pregnancy a Chinese woman has painted pictues of her growing baby on her stomach. Luo Qianxi said she came up the idea as she is painter. "Some people writes pregnancy diaries or take pictures to record the process, while I chose to paint." Luo said the paints she used were specially made so as not to contain anything potentially harmful. She says: "I paint by looking myself into the mirror, and each painting takes three to five hours. I paint every genuine ideas about pregnancy, including guessing the image of my baby, onto the belly. The paintings are my expectations to him, and my imaginations to him." (credit:Rex)

(10 of10)

Throughout her pregnancy a Chinese woman has painted pictues of her growing baby on her stomach. Luo Qianxi said she came up the idea as she is painter. "Some people writes pregnancy diaries or take pictures to record the process, while I chose to paint." Luo said the paints she used were specially made so as not to contain anything potentially harmful. She says: "I paint by looking myself into the mirror, and each painting takes three to five hours. I paint every genuine ideas about pregnancy, including guessing the image of my baby, onto the belly. The paintings are my expectations to him, and my imaginations to him." (credit:Rex)

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