Throughout the next eight months the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust colleagues supported each other until Sarah gave birth two weeks earlier than expected.
But hours later Sue also gave birth, and the pair ended up in neighbouring beds on the same maternity ward.
Sarah said: “We just couldn’t believe it. We’d supported each other throughout our pregnancies and for Sue and I to end up in next-door beds on the same ward after having our babies so close together was just incredible.”
The pair both work for a specialist team which supports older people with their mental health at the trust’s Cavell Centre in Bretton Gate, Peterborough.
On March 24, first Sarah and then Sue both told their manager they were pregnant.
Sue said: “Neither of us knew the other was pregnant so we were astonished that we ended up telling our manager on the same day.
“We’ve worked together for many years so it was great to have someone to turn to over the months that followed.”
Sarah, who already has a son Clayton with husband Daron, was due to give birth on November 25, but baby Jake wouldn’t wait and was born at Peterborough City Hospital on November 9.
The next day, Sue – who has a three year-old son Craig with husband Philip - gave birth to daughter Louisa Rose and was admitted to the same maternity ward at the hospital and ended up in the next bed.
Sue said: “It was just amazing and really special for both of us.”
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health care for children and adults and community physical healthcare for older people and adults with long-term conditions.
