It has been nine long months since Super Storm Sandy ravaged parts of the East Coast. I was actually lucky enough to spend a few hours at one of the beaches last week and saw how the recovery was going. Interestingly enough, now we are seeing a recovery of another sorts - a baby boom!
Yes, what's a couple to do with no power and a storm raging outside? Well, you know... And when you do that and you had been planning on watching TV instead, let's just say you've got a case for more babies than you might normally have and that's exactly what some of the hospitals are seeing in Ocean County, New Jersey. While they are working on ensuring that there is plenty of staff, the hospital also talks about how they built more postpartum rooms for the occasion, having nine months to plan. Next up? Preparing for the oversized kindergarten numbers in five years!
Do you have a good story to tell about the conception of your baby? Big storm? Power outage?
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Jersey Shore Hospitals Seeing Post-Sandy Baby Boom originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 at 02:31:29.
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