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The Best Chance for a Healthy Baby

“They [hospital staff] did a great job of making the delivery feel as ‘normal’ as possible.”
Expectant moms can have safe deliveries despite the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s stressful enough to have two children under age 7 ...
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This Mom Had the Birth Experience She'd Always Hoped For

“I felt supported every step of the way”
When Chelsea Martin-Burkhardt, 31, and her husband, Brandon, of Toms River, discovered they were expecting their first child, ...
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I Always Wanted to Be a Mom

“Friends told me they’d been going through the same thing and no one knew. A lot of women are ashamed to admit that infertility or miscarriage are issues for them.”
A young woman finds expert care every step of the way on her journey to motherhood, from fertility treatments to gestational ...
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Deann’s Story – The Breast Center

Thank you to everyone at the Breast Center for making me feel safe and at ease.
“I have been a patient of Saint Barnabas' Breast Center since being diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago. In April, I ...
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"I Got My Life Back"

“After five months of living a nightmare, I was given my life back. I’m able to be a mom and wife again. I can take care of my family. It’s truly amazing."
How a new medication for postpartum depression enabled one mother to take care of her family. After Shaina Criscuolo gave birth ...
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Saving the Baby

"They saved my son’s life"
Thanks to fast action in the labor and delivery unit, a baby survives a rare condition. After delivering a healthy baby girl at ...
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Maternal Health - Casey's Story

"Thanks to a small army of medical professionals and blood donors like you, I am alive today to raise my son."
Just one week after she delivered her firstborn, Casey Cattell was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where ...
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Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty - Yvonne's Story

"I feel fabulous now. I feel like I just went back 20 years. I've lost 60 pounds, my joints feel better. I feel like I can be the best version of myself now."
Through her entire adult life, Yvonne Hernandez has struggled with her weight. She had tried a variety of diets prior to turning ...
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It Takes A Village

Just as it has been said that it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to bring a patient from diagnosis through treatment, into recovery, and on to a long, healthy life.
Who knew when I went for my annual gynecological/mammography appointment in May 2016 that I would begin a journey that many ...
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