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local / state Battalion/Pac:.' September 8, If, Bryan hospital conducts children’s tours by Janet G. Joyce Battalion Reporter Fifteen children, ages 2 through 10, have mothers who are expecting babies. To help prepare them for the arrival of their new brother or sister, they toured the labor, delivery and maternity sections of St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan. The children’s tour is the brainchild of registered nurse Judy Skove, the obstetrical and gynecological coordinator for the hospital, who introduced the program in May as part of fami ly-oriented maternity care. Tours of this kind are con ducted in other places, usually larger hospitals, but typically are not done in smaller hospitals be cause the demand is not as great, Skove said. “We had some mothers ask us about it (and that) is the main reason I decided that it really was worthwhile for us to go ahead with it,” Skove said. “So far, response has been fantas tic.” Originally, one tour a month was planned, with 12 to 15 chil dren per tour, but additional tours have been conducted be cause of a large demand for the tour. Dr. Candida Lutes, an associ ate professor of psychology at the University, who has a re search interest in infant and child development, said tours like the one offered at St. Joseph are an excellent way to show children where their mothers will be and what will happen One way parents can prepare their children, Lutes said, is to talk to them about what is going to happen to mom. “If you don’t tell them what’s going on, they see things going on and they make their own in- RUSH PRRTieS • THURSDAY, S€PT. 9 "Tourist Parti/' * • W€DN€SDRY, S€PT. 15 "Nocho Night" All parties at Sigma Chi House, beginning at 8 p.m. For more info., colt Reymund Zuniga (Rush Chairman) 696-6818 Sigma Chi House 693-8265^5^° terpretadons,” she said, “and young children can have some pretty bizarre interpretations.” Lutes also said young chil dren often feel displaced by their new brother or sister. “Because they’re maturing; very rapidly, they’re picking up! new skills and they seem to give! an indication that ‘Well mom, if you don’t like somebody being mature and you really needed a new baby, why didn’t you tell me? I can act babyish,”’ Lutes said. “They’re wondering if they fell down on the job of being the family baby.” But the birth of a child can be a positive experience for chil dren. “There’s often quite a bit of affection that will come out and this can be an exciting time, especially if the parents have prepared their other children for the birth of the new baby,” she said. During the tour, the children are shown a labor or delivery room if one is available. There, Skove explains that the doctors listen to the baby’s heart. She de monstrates the fetal monitor, a super-sensitive stethoscope with a speaker, over the heart of one of the children. The children are then shown a transport incubator into which a doll has been placed. They roll the incubator to the nursery on the second floor, just as a baby would be taken from the deliv ery room to the nursery. The tours are conducted on the first Wednesday of each month and are limited to chil dren of women who will have babies at the hospital. Each child must be accompanied by at least f staiT photo byjtfftj** Two-year-old Megan Homer of Bryan holds a plastic “baby” as nurse Judy Skove looks on. one parent. BlIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIlillllllllllllllNIlimillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIItt Photographers Wanted: Despite protestors Helms rips liberals Gc • SA CIO Lilx) Alam Sami the g< Crs o The Aggieland is hiring both staff and freelance photographers for the 1982-83 school year. All applicants must attend an introductory meeting on Wednesday, September 8, at 7 p.m. in Rm. #0011 Reed McDonald. United Press International AUSTIN — Despite about 100 protestors carrying signs stating “Our Bodies, Our Choice” and “Helms’ Bill Means Wednesday night Any questions, please call Michel Chang — Photo Editor 845-2681 imiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimmfil Nuts & Bolts Night Girls get Nuts Guys get Bolts Find your fit and win a free drink each. 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