EIGHT OB/GYN Staff From Same Hospital All Pregnant at Same Time

The obstetrics unit at Anderson Hospital Pavilion for Women found eight employees were all pregnant at the same time.

Rebecca Eggering, who gave birth to her son Daniel in November, was one of them.
“We’d go in and tell our boss and then a week later another one would go in and tell her that she was pregnant,” Eggering told ABC News.

The small Illinois hospital posted about the pregnancies on their Facebook page, prompting many to wonder how they’d be able to cover all the maternity leave. Eggering says her manager just said she’d ‘figure it out’.

The seven nurses and one nurse’s aide, Susan, Britaney, Ashley, Sara, Rebecca, Gwen, Michele and Stavania all gave birth to healthy and happy baby’s between August and December last year.

The coworkers have decided to dub their eight bundles of joy ‘Elite 8′ and refer to them as baby number 1, 2, 3, etc.

“We all love what we do and we anticipate being here for a long time, so it’s great that our babies will age and grow together,” Eggering said. “They might not think it’s quite as neat when they’re teenagers, but we will.”

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24 Comments

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 30 Jan 2019
    7:17 am
Wow that’s amazing! How exciting.

- - rachel1970 said
  - 30 Jan 2019
    5:59 am
Wow, that’s so cool and totally amazing. What a lovely story.

- - mom101628 said
  - 29 Jan 2019
    10:46 pm
There is something in the water at that hospital!!!

- - skbou said
  - 28 Jan 2019
    11:30 pm
Aww, imagine 7 other sets of ears to listen and shoulders to lean on.

- - nealsq said
  - 28 Jan 2019
    8:12 pm
That is so cool, it is always good to have someone to go through pregnancy with

- - mom111059 said
  - 28 Jan 2019
    7:25 pm
That’s remarkable. I hope that they all keep in touch and have reunions when the kids are older.

- - Mum2archer said
  - 27 Jan 2019
    11:23 pm
Wow! Instant mums group! Love that all the bubs will have little friends for life and that all the mums will have that support from the other mums in the group as their babies will all go through stages and leaps together. love this!
- mom93821 replied
  
  28 Jan 2019 , 6:04 pm
  It sure is an instant mums group!
- - LuckyMum said
  - 27 Jan 2019
    2:54 am
What a lovely story. They sound like a tight knit group

- - becstalou said
  - 26 Jan 2019
    8:18 pm
What great support they will be for each other but I’m sure a HR nightmare.

- - BellaB said
  - 26 Jan 2019
    4:00 pm
I bet the manager found it equal parts hilarious and stressful.

- - Ellen said
  - 26 Jan 2019
    9:05 am
Wow, that sure will give a bond !
- Ellen replied
  
  27 Jan 2019 , 2:43 am
  I like the relaxed attitude of the head of the ward.
- - mom93821 said
  - 26 Jan 2019
    6:29 am
A lot of precious babies and I imagine a lot of wonderful friendships now and in the future.

- - Blossom said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    10:19 pm
There was a similar SItuation at one of the TV stations a few years ago. Either the expectant mums or the Dads to be all had babies within a couple of months. Eveybody was joking about it and said there must be something in the water at the TV station

- - mom160421 said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    9:33 pm
What a lovely article. Congratulations to all!

- - MrsA said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    9:03 pm
All the babies ????
- MrsA replied
  
  25 Jan 2019 , 9:03 pm
  Just realised emojis don’t work. Lol. That was love eyes.
- - rnash02 said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    8:19 pm
When I was pregnant with my daughter 8 years ago we had a similar thing happen at the childcare centre I worked at, think there was 4 of us

- - mom90758 said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    2:52 pm
How nice. And so special indeed!!

- - ashna9 said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    12:31 pm
There was definitely something in the water there! How nice that the bubs will all have play mates of the same age though.

- - tessie said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    12:13 pm
That’s got to be a first I’m sure. Glad they all had healthy babies. Kids won’t be able to get away with anything when they get older

- - taynik46 said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    12:00 pm
wow what a unique thing to have happen! _ I hope the Elite 8 go on to have long and happy friendships