European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Flying into the Stork s nest private Stork s nest lounge no smoking by Janet d Agostino medical writer Angela Bearley Lisa Duncan and Karen Eye Are members of an exclusive club called the Stork s nes1 located at Wie Ibadan air Force regional medical Caner or in West Germany membership requires that club members to expecting a baby live in Greece Italy or Turkey and be willing to try to Germany women arrive at club Headquarters the Wiesbaden Hospital during i heir final week a of pregnancy to Awai delivery fathers Are permitted to join the mothers Only. Shortly before Iho expected due Date. For members the club s main priv Lego is Iho american Bosle tical care they Are Given during the Linal weeks of pregnancy. Such care is not available in Italy Greece or Turkey because with the exception of one Lone doctor in incl Lik Turkey there Are no air Force obstetricians stationed in those count pics. They Don t have the capabilities to deliver babies Al those facilities said or. Maj Richard Rybarczyk Duel of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Wiesbaden Hospital about 15 women a month Lake advantage of the program Tho Only alternative is la deliver in a local Hospital he said estimating thai half of the eligible pregnant women in i Hose countries choose to come to Iho Stork s nest Lor delivery. Temporary Homo Lor the woman in the Stork s nest consists of a Large Hospital room and a recently redecorated and refurnished lounge. While the rooms arc comfortable and Iho stall Friendly the separation irom husbands and family can add St fuss to the pregnancy Rybarczyk said. Pm very comfortable Here my Only anxiety is not having my husband nearby said Duncan 28, who is married to senior airman John l. Duncan or. With the 39lh consolidated aircraft main so in incur Elk. Bearley 22, had to leave behind her 22-Monlh-old daughter Marie while she was at the Stork s Nast in August expecting her second child. She s at the stage where she s walking and learning so much and i m missing her grow by being Here she said. Bearley is married to airman 1 St class John Bearley with the 7275th air base group at san Vito det Normanna air station Italy. Mothers Are discouraged rom bringing children to Wiesbaden because there is no Placo where they can slay or be rated Lor when the Mother goes into labor Rybarczyk said. Civilian women have passes to Reavo the Hospital Whan they choose. Active duty service members must work an eight hour  Al the Hospital if they have no medical complications. Airman 1st class Michelle Zeigler. Also from the 7275th air base group where she is a billeting clerk worked eight hours a Day at the Hospital. She collated Laboratory slips and did other types of clerical work while she was at the Stork s nest in August. Active duty members Are allowed one pass during Iho week and a weekend pass but can ask for additional passes it Thoy need to do laundry or other errands Rybarczyk said. Women coming to the Stork s Neil usually Fly to Wiesbaden near the 37 the week of pregnancy. The average pregnancy is 40 weeks Tang. Unlit the women arrive in Wiesbaden they Are cared Lor by the physicians in the local military clinics. The women Are Down to Wiesbaden sooner if hey develop of boleros during pregnancy. Determining when Lalii efs should Fly to Wias Badin Angela firm Fey. Hit and Michelle reactor Tow Birtta of tar Bublin at the a mfr i not in August. For the delivery is an educated guess. Servicemen tribe a usually Are Given Aboul 10 Days of temporary duly assignment to be with their wives. If a woman goes into labor sooner than her expected due Date the Hospital will Send a message to the father hoping he can Fly lowest Germany in Lime Lor the birth. Sometimes they Maka it and sometimes they Don to Rybarczyk said. Ii depends How quickly they can get a flight out and How Long the labor  ii a baby is overdue and the father uses All 10 Days of temporary duty then he must use personal leave. The hard part of All this is wondering line s going to be hero Lor the baby said Karon Eyre 22, who it married to senior airman Jay Eyre with the 7275th air base group in san Vito. It s  the longer a woman is overdue and 65 percent of women deliver alter the due Date the More sores slut the Silva lion becomes Lor her and the staff Rybarczyk said labor won t be induced until a Lull two weeks after the due Dale and it is during this Lime that the stall feels the meal pressure lion the anxious Mother to be. They come knocking on our door every Day to get the labor induced and we say. No it s not Lime and la a not Safe to do it there Are risks with the induction of Tabor thai we just Don t want to Lake. Nature is always Bellar than we  once the women have delivered whether on time Early or late the Date of their return homa depends on How fast they can obtain the baby s passport and Tho availability of flights Rybarczyk said. The mothers usually Are on their Way Home As baby carrying members of the Stork a Neil within live to seven Days. Angela Bearley delivered a girl on aug. 30 Lisa Duncan had a boy on sept. 12 Karen Eyre had a girl on sept. 11 and Michelle Zeigler delivered a boy on sept. 21- Page 16 the stars and stripes tuesday september 27,1989