European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cover Story from Page 5 Tant mothers understand what would happen to them physically. A if we can relieve some of that fear get them a Little More comfortable then they will find a Way to get through the contractions and the labor a she explained. Stacy Phillips and her childbirth coach Mary Freeman used what they Learned in class the night before. Quot it was great a said Phillips who zipped through her daughter s birth. A it went a Little too fast for me. I kept wanting it to slow Down a the labor  a the classes were great a said coach Freeman a and even though we joked around in class we Learned a lot. Quot a but Stacy just did t use that breathing stuff. She just did no to need  Freeman laughed while joking about the Quick delivery and other a Munfor go table experiences during the adventure. The room finally Calm Freeman said a i knew what was happening and knew what to expect. Now i know More for when in a  she a expecting in june. A i was really nervous about my husband going into in the delivery room with me a Freeman said Quot but now that i was in with Stacy its no big  Jimi Jones for baby Ashleigh she a with the army Nobby Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau you could Call Ashleigh Marie Humphries a postwar baby. And definitely an army baby. Ashleigh was born March 28 at the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. Her parents Are army captains. And she was conceived about the same As All the other Post persian Gulf War babies. Her dad capt. John Humphries of the 21st theater army area come says she was conceived a month before he set out for silo i Turkey and operation provide Comfort in August 1991. Ashleigh a mom capt. Kathleen Humphries remained in Germany with the 6th combat equipment co at Miessau. Ashleigh is one of an unknown number of babies conceived just before soldiers deployed for operations desert shield desert storm and provide Comfort a or just after their return. Though the birth rate at army hospitals in Europe is monitored the question of whether a Parent deployed to Southwest Asia is not asked according to Bill Swisher a spokesman for the 7th medical come. A a it a difficult for us to track the desert storm birth rate because of the draw Down that a been going on throughout . Army Europe Over the past year and a half Quot Swisher said. Quot in addition during the War some of our hospitals were sending women to civilian facilities to deliver. A it might be misleading to try to connect any increase in the birth Rale at our hospitals with the return of soldiers from Southwest  even at specific hospitals the number of babies born to parents who deployed in one of the operations is not recorded. Pregnant women May be seen at land Stuhle a Hospital for a few months then leave for the states. Or a pregnant woman May arrive from the states just before her delivery Date which makes tracking the babies difficult said Marie Shaw a Lan Stuhl spokeswoman. Sis Piggy pal own John and Kathleen Humphries both army captains have company in Ashleigh at land stumps Hospital. Lan Stuhl was also one of the medical centers that referred pregnant women to civilian facilities Swisher said. With the draw Down in full swing Many parents whose children were conceived at the beginning or end of one of the deployments have already left the army and returned to the states he added. At the 98th general Hospital in a Firnberg Germany the number of babies born in january february and March were about equal to last year said it. Anthony Handy a Hospital spokesman. But he emphasized the draw Down has Cut the hospitals potential clientele by a Large number. A a it a a Boom  he said. January saw 42 babies born. February was a birth month for 67 babies at the Hospital and March saw 61 newborns. Those figures Are nearly identical to last year he said. Information from the 99th area support group Public affairs office in Firth shows that the military population has dropped in the Niernberg area from about 34,000 to 18,000, Siatt Wontor Bon Jensen contributed to this  hospitals feel the baby Boom by Amy Geiszler Jones . Bureau a Post Gulf War baby Boom is filling nurseries and maternity wards at two air Force hospitals in Europe but doctors say the changing face of the military in Europe is keeping nurseries from overflowing at other Safe medical facilities. Increased deliveries were anticipated at the hospitals because baby booms have historically followed wars. But doctors at air Force hospitals where the anticipated baby Boom has been a bust Arentt complaining. Quot there san infinite amount of work and there a Page 6 a sunday april 5. 1992