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Hospital has 22 labor and delivery staffers pregnant at same time, now 18 are moms

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There must be something in water at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare in Kentucky, as 22 labor and delivery hospital staffers were all pregnant at the same time this year.

Among the group of physicians, nurses and administrative workers, 18 of the women are now mothers.

Two of the little ones arrived on the same day, Sept. 25, and four more women are still to give birth, with the last mom expected to deliver in January 2020.

Kristy McDowell, a labor and delivery nurse, was the first to have her baby on May 13. At 32 weeks, McDowell welcomed a girl, Priscilla, who weighed 4 pound, 8 ounces.

PHOTO: There must be something in water at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare in Kentucky, as 22 labor and delivery hospital staffers were all pregnant at the same time this year.
St. Elizabeth's Healthcare
There must be something in water at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare in Kentucky, as 22 labor and delivery hospital staffers were all pregnant at the same time this year.
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Priscilla spent 34 days in the NICU but is now thriving, McDowell told "GMA."

"She's [now] the biggest out of all of them," McDowell said of her daughter. "She's very happy, always smiling -- doesn't cry unless she's hungry."

PHOTO: Kristy McDowell, a labor and delivery nurse at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare in Kentucky,, was the first to have her baby on May 13. At 32 weeks, McDowell welcomed a girl, Priscilla, who weighed 4 pound, 8 ounces.
St. Elizabeth's Healthcare
Kristy McDowell, a labor and delivery nurse at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare in Kentucky,, was the first to have her baby on May 13. At 32 weeks, McDowell welcomed a girl, Priscilla, who weighed 4 pound, 8 ounces.

McDowell said each day she'd come into work and more and more of her colleagues would reveal their pregnancies.

"We had a list at the nurse's station and somebody was always adding their name to it," she said.

Sarah Dixon, a secretary in the labor and delivery unit, welcomed a girl, Jensyn, on Sept. 11 weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces.

PHOTO: Sarah Dixon, a secretary in the labor and delivery unit at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare in Kentucky,, welcomed a girl, Jensyn, on Sept. 11 weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces.
St. Elizabeth's Healthcare
Sarah Dixon, a secretary in the labor and delivery unit at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare in Kentucky,, welcomed a girl, Jensyn, on Sept. 11 weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces.
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"She's a double rainbow baby and [myself] and her older three siblings, we hold her all the time," Dixon said. "She's very special."

Assistant nurse manager Jocelyn Laake said the hospital is one big family.

WHOAAA BABY! Twenty-one labor and delivery workers at @StElizabethNKY were pregnant around the same time. The result? Twenty-one reasons to be thankful this holiday season. pic.twitter.com/HoUHtAZPYd

— WCPO (@WCPO) November 27, 2019

"Then to get to share this moment in the lives of so many people you work with...is truly a blessing."

PHOTO: Among the group of physicians, nurses and administrative workers at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare in Kentucky, 18 of the women are now mothers.
St. Elizabeth's Healthcare
Among the group of physicians, nurses and administrative workers at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare in Kentucky, 18 of the women are now mothers.

The women said they are excited to see their children grow up together.