There's been a lot of breast milk lately in the staff refrigerator of the neonatal intensive care unit at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, N.Y.
That's because eight nurses and one physician assistant who were pregnant together have now given birth, and many of the women who have returned from maternity leave are pumping during their shifts.
"We're trying to be discreet with our coolers, but I think everyone knows what's in there," jokes Katelyn O'Connor, 32, a physician assistant from Stamford, Connecticut, whose son, Owen, is about to turn 5 months old.
