Eight nurses and a physician assistant who work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, are due to give birth between now and October. On Tuesday, Sara Chewens, the seventh neonatal employee to come forward with her pregnancy, explained how the expecting mothers are able to give each other advice on their pregnancies.


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