‘It kind of went like dominoes': Fort Payne moms-to-be all expecting together

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FORT PAYNE, Ala. (WHNT) — The ladies at Fort Payne Pediatrics are planning one big baby shower! Right now, seven women who work in the office are expecting.
News 19 sat down with four of the women on Wednesday, who say it was like 'dominoes' finding out each new pregnancy.
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'It became like a weekly thing,' said Hannah Meadows. 'It was one at the beginning, and then it was like, 'Oh, I'm pregnant, oh, I'm pregnant.' Everybody was just like 'Who's going to be next'?'
The mothers-to-be are also excited to mostly be expecting baby girls! Six of the seven are having girls, and one mom is waiting until delivery day to find out the gender of her child.
'It's pretty cool, us all kind of sharing the same common thing,' Meadows told News 19.
The ladies say there have only been a few overlapping baby name ideas, and that they've all picked their own unique names.Hannah Meadows and Breanna Hickman both already have two children, so they're able to mentor the other moms. Lexy Weaver and Katherine Cloud are first-time moms.
Weaver said it's good to have the others around to ask questions.
'I can come in and be like 'is this normal?'' she said.
Fort Payne Pediatrics gained a lot of traction when they posted a big group picture announcing the office-wide 'baby boom.'
The ladies said several people were joking in the comments on the post about what the office will do when they all go on maternity leave.
'People were like 'Oh, are you going to close down the office?'' said Meadows. 'Luckily, we're spaced out enough that we'll be able to come back and kind of relieve the other person.'
One of the seven women has already gone on maternity leave. Some of the others are due in August, September and October.
The ladies say they feel lucky to be in this together.
'We're a family here,' said Meadows.
'We are,' added Hickman.
'Now we're adding 7 more little family members,' Meadows said.
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