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B-14 BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY THE RECORD. THURSDAY, JUNE 23. 1977 id wives add personal touch schoolteacher, decided to enter the midwifery clinic at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn because her obstetrican read a newspaper during one of her visits. "I had just about had it," she said. "The obstetrician always had other things to do." Personalized service "Women want a more personalized touch during their pregnancy," says Barbara Brennan, author of "The Complete Guide to Midwifery." She adds, "Some midwifery patients at Roosevelt Hospital (New York) never see an obstetrician if everything goes normally.

Because nurse-midwives attend the essentially well woman who isn't plagued by high blood pressure, diabetes, or heart disorders, they can cater to her every need and question from the moment she steps into the clinic." Linda Baxter, nurse-midwife at Downstate, said, "When we admit someone into labor, we stay with them. We don't just come in at the last minute to deliver the baby. This is the type of personalized attention expectant mothers today are looking for." Midwife delivery offers a financial as well as emotional boost to the expectant mother. She could save $200-500 at any of the 19 cooperating hospitals. Prenatal care and delivery by Downstate's private nurse-midwifery service costs $350.

Roosevelt Hospital offers a $899 package deal delivery by a nurse-midwife and a two-day hospital stay. Columbia Presbyterian, Elmhurst, Mount Sinai, and Bellevue hospitals in New York provide similar reductions. Model for others The mainstay of the program is the federally funded Maternity, Infant Care, Family Planning Project, nick named MIC. The project, which employs 20 midwives and operates nine centers in the city, spawned the first midwifery service in New Jersey and paved the way for private midwifery practices in the city. Northern New Jersey residents interested in obtaining information on mid-wives' programs may contact Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City or the Martland Medical Center in Newark.

MIC has been a model for the programs operating at Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital, Albany Medical Center, and Saranac Lake General Hospital in upstate New York. Dorothea M. Lang, director of the MIC project, said the program offers a continuity of care from pre- and postnatal services in the centers to actual delivery, either in a "family birthing center" with soft lights and music or in a traditional delivery room at participating hospitals." By Ann Lolordo United Press International Nancy Italia sipped tea and honey between labor contractions. Her husband, John, strummed his guitar. Minutes later, their son William Elias was born.

Victoria Rosenwald delivered her son, Isaac, in the midst of a cheerleading section or what seemed like one. "The teamwork is unbelievable," she said. "Everyone is screaming 'You can do It was wonderful, a regular party." Mrs. Italia and Mrs. Rosenwald are among a growing number of expectant mothers who, frustrated by busy, inaccessible obstetricians, are turning to a corps of 100 nurse-midwives in New York for help in delivering their children.

The midwives, registered nurses who, have undergone special midwife training, have the one luxury most obstetricians do not time. Roberta Kerpen, a New York city if- i 't Tb-' ij Kf CVi i. i lfIllaifl7ltirtlT'llfr-'," Staff photo by Peter Karas Artist -iirriter Nicholasa Mohr works at office in her Teaneck home t'f You Can Win A 4 Day, 3 Night Expentt Paid DELTA BAHAMA VACATION For Two At The Beautiful NASSAU Beach Hotel 1JE3 TO ENTER: Pick up an entry torm any Two Guys Courtesy Counter Fill ft out drop it in the special boa Contest ends Sat. July 2 Winner wiil be cnosen in a random drawing notified 1 You a companion will stay at the Nassau Beach Hotel eniov 2 meals a day. free tennis.

Her books show life of 'Latinos by registered matf. a manager's cocktail parly morel 4 rfwfrBwMJi i GOOD TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY JUNE 25, 1977 Long-Life Bulbs ift nlii u)wi itmtittnn Trie rmm For 2 Speed Portable Breeze Box 60, 75, or 100 watts Made In USA Chrome plated swivel stand 1550-1200 R.P.M. 1600 CFM Polished aluminum i propeller 11 WESTLEY'S Bleche-White 2 Speed Oscillating Fan "WW Whitewall tire reconditioner and cleaner. High velocity Safety guard grill 3 blade propeller EMERSON Quiet Kool 5,000 BTU Air Conditioner 7.5 Amps-1 15 Volts NOW Knit Cheese Cloth Z10" 1A Polishing Cloth Heversmie wmaow Fan 5 Year Warranty WHILE THEY LAST! By Maryann Jacob Correspondent "There is the beauty of retaining and yet exploring. You embrace your background and hold onto your Americaness." Artist-writer Nicholasa Mohr moves in two worlds: the Spanish-speaking areas of New York City where she was bom of Puerto Rican parents; and suburban Teaneck where she lives with her psychologist husband and two teen-age sons.

The vibrant woman, whose Teaneck home reflects the artist in her her art works enliven the living room talks excitingly about her third book, "In Nueva York" (Dial Press, a collection of interrelated fictional stories of people living on one block on today's Lower East Side of New York City. "It is a microcosm of a larger world that extends its geography," she says. "It could be people living and struggling and everywhere, experiencing pain, joy, and most importantly, the will to survive." She says that writing about her own Spanish-speaking ethnic group is a marvelous inspiration to her. Actually, she stumbled into a writing career. Artist at heart She had always loved drawing and reading, and decided at a young age that she would become an artist.

With the aid of scholarships, Ms. Mohr worked her way through art schools, at times studying on the West Coast and in Mexico and Puerto Rico. She pursued her career as a graphic artist for 18 years before turning to writing. "I never consciously wanted to write," she explains. But encouraged by a business acquaintance familiar with her art work, she tried writing a series of vignettes based on her experiences in the Spanish-speaking community.

Harper and Row, for whom she was designing a book cover at the time, asked her to write something for the firm. That was the beginning of her writing career. Her first two books, "El Bronx Remembered" and "Nilda" were published by Harper and Row. "Fiction is an art form for me," she says; explaining that graphic arts to writing was not too great a change for her. "I found all the skills transferable: standards, editing, intensity, and ability to communicate," she says.

Main concern people Her art is filled with human figures of all kinds; "I've always liked the figurative," she says. In her writing, too, she says, "My main concern is people." She feels there is an enormous need for her books. Through them, the Latinos (she says she prefers "Latino" to the colder term can see themeslves, and can read about themselves. Likewise, those who are unfamiliar with the life of the Latino community can learn about this ethnic group. Ms.

Mohr comments that New York city today is very different from Manhattan's Upper East Side where she grew up. "The South Bronx is a total nightmare!" she exclaims. She also feels that the low-income housing complexes are tall, ugly buildings which have a demoralizing effect on the people. The population mix also has changed the Italian, Irish, and Jewish blocks that lived side by side with the Spanish-speaking community no longer exist. "Since the whites have left, the people must cope with bad service and schools," Ms.

Mohr says. "The (Spanish) people have more unity, and their sense of culture is better, but in all other aspects, it's worse for a child." The Big Avocado Ms. Mohr, who has lived in Teaneck for seven years, says one of the things she likes about Bergen is that it's near to New York City. "New York is not the Big Apple it's the Big Avocado," she says, referring to the large Puerto Rican population and its influence on the city. "It is practically bilingual," she says, and the Puerto Rican community has made its music, dance, foods, and artists part of its contribution to the city's culture.

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