The Moline BirthPlace Center has seen a 19 percent birth rate increase this winter. Author: Andrea Flores Updated: 5:24 AM CST February 19, 2021
MOLINE, Ill This past March and April, we all spent a lot of time at home, and UnityPoint Health Trinity officials say all that time at home may be the reason why more people have been visiting their BirthPlace Center in Moline.
That falls about nine months after COVID-19 related lockdowns in the spring. 12 more babies were born in November 2020 compared to November 2019, and 16 more babies were born in December.
Normally, the winter season is slower for UnityPoint Health Trinity. And that was actually the case at the Bettendorf BirthPlace Center, which was down about 20 births this winter compared to 2019.
Quad City Hospital Has 16 Pregnant Nurses
The nursery at one hospital in the Quad Cities is likely to have an extremely busy year, and that s just housing the little ones that the hospital s nurses will be giving birth to in 2021.
UnityPoint Health Trinity in Rock Island, Illinois currently has 16 nurses on their staff that are pregnant, and that number may go up. The hospital s nurse manager, Cherie Saldana, told Our Quad Cities that we re anticipating a couple more staff members to come forward soon with confirmed pregnancies.
The 16 women are all expecting sometime between May and October. For all of the women, it s either their first or second child.