300 Births Expected 9 Months After Army Unit Comes Home

[matcom]

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FORT CARSON, Colo. -- The U.S. Army is preparing for a baby boom at Fort Carson.

About 300 babies are expected to be born in December and January, nine months after the first wave of soldiers from the base returned home from Iraq.

Base doctors say it's the largest number of pregnancies since the end of the first Gulf War.

It's not just soldiers' wives who are expecting. Some of the pregnant women are female GIs who also recently returned from duty in the war zone.

But the birth of the babies may be bitter-sweet for some of the soldiers. A number have been ordered back to Iraq early next year.

http://www.wftv.com/family/3560057/detail.html

[Syncronaut Seven]

1. And if they're lucky

They'll get to fight in daddys/mommies war too! Bitter-sweet indeed.

[donsu]

2. and if they're lucky they won't have DU poisoning

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