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Trusted Maternity Care

“I just feel very comfortable with my doctor, the nurses are wonderful and the maternity unit is very nice.”
Spring 2020 was already a stressful and worrisome time with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic . But Chelsea Dezendorf had ...
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I Never Felt I Wasn’t Heard

“If we decided to have another baby, we would deliver at MMC.”
Kathryn Norton entered Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) to have her first child July 24, 2022, and gave birth July 26. Labor lasted ...
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Special Deliveries

“I had seen other doctors, and they had all asked why I was a teen mom.... But Dr. Bucek was so comforting.... He wasn’t judgmental.”
Mirna Juarez first met John Bucek, MD , in 2000 when she was 17. She was just months from being able to vote—and from becoming a ...
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Seeing Through an Angel Eye

"The new technology is amazing,” Adler says. “The feed is much better, and it features advanced night-vision technology so parents can see babies clearly in dim light. For new parents, it alleviates fears and provides additional support knowing their baby is OK.”
Upgraded Technology Allows Parents to Better Monitor Babies in Intensive Care. Parents of triplets can literally have their ...
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Mom and Baby Going Home after COVID-19 Threatened their Lives

Cared for by Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s Advanced Lung Disease, Neonatal and Obstetrics Critical Care Teams
Meet Nathaniel, who was discharged recently from NBIMC’s Level IV Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ...
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A Wonderful Midwife

“I would recommend them and rate them 10 stars. I will always remember that team.”
"Carol Rose Trzaska my midwife was wonderful. She was so sweet and helpful to me; I felt very comfortable with her since day ...
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A Mother’s Birth Experience Story

“It’s so hard to find people who have that human touch and can be really compassionate”
"Dr. Perrone was absolutely amazing and I had one of the best experiences. He was calming, reassuring, he answered my questions ...
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My Thriving Twin: Simone’s Story

Thanks to one of the best Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) doctors in the country, Simone’s treatment was already started.
“At our eight-week ultrasound, we were saddened to only see one baby. The other baby “vanished.” We walked away feeling sad, but ...
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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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