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New hospital elevates comfort level
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Sharon Moton, head nurse for the Women’s Health Center, talks to expectant
parents following a recent tour of CRDAMC’s labor and delivery rooms and
mother-baby unit. Tours are conducted every Tuesday and Wednesday begin-
ning at 3:30 p.m.
Victoria Humes and her baby shower teammate, Ludmia Beem, get frisky with
their play dough during the USO What to Expect event, held July 13, for more
than 115 Fort Hood expectant mothers.
Helpful staff adds to comfort
One of those deployment dads
attending the shower with his wife
BUDDHIST
Call 254-288-6545
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GARRISON CHAPLAIN OFFICE 288-6545
TANK DESTROYER BOULEVARD AND 31ST STREET- BLDG 320
EASTERN ORTHODOX
Sunday 10 a.m., 73rd St & Battalion
OPEN CIRCLE (WICCA)
Classes, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Spirit of Fort
Hood Chapel 31st St & Tank Destroyer Blvd
Sabbats and Esbats, Camp Finlayson, call for
dates and service times - (254) 368-8553
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Sacraments, Sunday 1 p.m., CRDAMC Chapel
Service, Sunday 3 p.m., North Fort Hood Chapel
PROTESTANT
General, Saturday, 7 p.m., Sunday 9:30, North
Fort Hood Chapel (subject to change), Sunday
10:30, CRDAMC Chapel, Sunday 11:00, West
Fort Hood Chapel
A.L.E. (Anglican, Lutheran, Episcopalian),
Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Spiritual Fitness Center
31st St & Battalion (subject to change)
F3 Family Faith Fellowship, Sunday, 10:00 a.m.,
13th SC(E) Chapel, 67th St. & Support Ave.
MUSLIM
Call 288-6545 for more information.
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ROMAN CATHOLIC
Saturday Mass, 2:00 p.m., North Fort Hood
Chapel
Saturday Mass, 5:00 p.m., OEF/OIF Chapel,
58 th Street
Sunday Mass, 9:00 a.m., Spirit of Fort Hood
Chapel, 31 St. & Tank Destroyer Blvd.
Sunday Spanish Mass, noon, OEF/OIF Chapel,
58 th Street
Sunday Latin Mass, 3:00 p.m., Old Post Chapel
Noon Mass, Mon.& Tues, Thurs & Fri, Spirit of
Fort Hood Chapel
Noon Mass, Wednesday, 6:00 p.m., CRDAMC
Chapel
Confession, Saturday, 1:30-1:55 p.m., N Fort
Hood Chapel; 4-4:45 p.m.., OEF/OIF Chapel,
58 th Street
Other services, 1st Friday Noon Mass, Adoration,
Confession, Divine Mercy Chaplet, 1st Friday of
the month noon - 3:30 p.m., Old Post Chapel
Confession by appointment, 287-6766 or
lito. d. Amanda. mil@mail. mil.
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BY GLORIA MONTGOMERY
CRDAMC Public Affairs
JEWISH
Mincha Service, Thursday, noon, CRDAMC
Chapel
Shabbat Service, Friday, 7 p.m., Saturday, 11
a.m., 19th Street Chapel
Sunday, 1 p.m.
Monday, noon
Tuesday, 11:30
Wednesday, noon
Thursday, noon
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Traditional, Sunday, 10 a.m., Ironhorse Chapel
76th St & Battalion
Grace Community, Sunday, 10:30 a.m., 25th
Street & Battalion Avenue Chapel
Contemporary, Sunday, 11 a.m., Spirit of Fort
Hood Chapel, 31 St. & Tank Destroyer Blvd.
Gospel Congregation, Sunday, 11 a.m., Coman-
che Chapel, 54024 Tank Destroyer Blvd
Samoan Traditional, Sunday, noon, Ironhorse
Chapel, 76th St & Battalion
Korean Women Bible Study and Worship,
Friday, 9:30 a.m., Spirit of Fort Hood Chapel
31st St & Tank Destroyer
CRDAMC CHAPEL
(Bldg. 36065, 2nd floor)
LDS Sacrament
Bible Study
Preaching Lab
Catholic Mass
Jewish Mincha
Adult/Adolescent Loss Group
Thursday 6-7 p.m.
Infant Loss Group
Rooms spacious, comfortable
The “aesthetically pleasing” envi-
ronment also caught the attention
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of John Larino and his wife, Jen-
nifer, who is due Friday. The first-
time dad was confident that his
wife would be both comfortable
and treated well.
“It’s impressive,” the retired staff
sergeant said following the weekly
tour highlighting the labor and
delivery and mother-baby units.
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was Staff Sgt. Robert Garza, who
was deployed when his other chil-
dren were born.
“This is the first time I’ll actually
be able to enjoy time with my wife
and be there for her,” he said about
their upcoming November event.
“It feels really good to be here, and
I’m especially excited about having
the baby in the new hospital.”
Victoria Humes, who is due
Nov. 3, had nothing but praise for
the CRDAMC Labor and Delivery
staff and its facilities.
“I really enjoyed my experience
at the old hospital, and I’m hop-
ing this will be the same,” she
said, adding the CRDAMC staff
was wonderful in 2010 when her
newborn son spent a month in the
hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit. “I’ve been very pleased with
the quality of care here and am
excited about having my baby at
the new hospital.”
It didn’t matter to Spc. Ricarda
McQuirter whether her newborn
was born at the old CRDAMC or
at the new hospital, which opened
for business April 3. What boosted
her confidence level was the trust
she has in having a baby in a mili-
tary hospital.
“I feel more comfortable with
having my baby here,” said the
first-time mother-to-be who is due
around Thanksgiving.
That feeling also was
the Gomezes.
“I have a lot of faith in the
military and in the people who will
deliver my baby. They did great
with me during my firstborn,”
Anna Gomez said. “My life is in
their hands, and I’m completely
happy with that.
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Ennis, who is due Sept. 5, said the
shower festivities were not only
fun, but they helped calm the
nerves of the mother-to-be. What
she enjoyed most, though, was
networking with other Fort Hood
mothers.
“We exchanged phone numbers
and have since gone out together
a few times,” she said, adding that
bonding with other shower attend-
ees has been an unexpected gift as
the new mother approaches her
due date. “The whole baby shower
experience was great and made me
more excited to have my baby.”
That was good news for Fort
Hood USO director Isabel Hub-
bard.
“That’s why we have these types
of events,” Hubbard said. “It’s real-
ly just our way of spoiling and
pampering them.”
What to Expect Foundation
founder and author Heidi Murkoff,
visited earlier with expectant moms
in CRDAMC’s Labor and Delivery
Department. During the two-hour
event, Murkoff served as a surro-
gate cheerleader, sharing mother-
hood wisdom with the women.
“Being pregnant is never easy,
even under the best of circum-
stances, and when you are so far
from Family and friends without
that network of support, you may
feel especially alone,” Murkoff
said about today’s military moms.
“With dad often deploying during
those pivotal and emotional times,
military moms deserve and need
all the support they get.”
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Photos by Gloria Montgomery, CRDAMC Public Affairs
CRDAMC labor and delivery nurse Lisa Seibert, left, chats with self-help author
Heidi Murkoff following Murkoff’s recent visit to the hospital’s labor and deliv-
ery ward. Seibert said knowing her coworkers will be assisting her in the deliv-
ery room is a huge boost to her comfort level.
“This is going to be great for my
in-laws because we can all huddle
around and not be too cramped.”
Pvt. Shawna Ennis also was
“oohing and ahhing” during the
tour.
“I feel very fortunate that I am
having my baby here,” the first-
time mom said, impressed with the
mother-baby units’ calming colors
and modern look. “I am extremely
happy with both my care and this
very comfortable environment.”
Ennis also praised the CRDAMC
staff, which she said adds to her
comfort equation.
“I was lost the other day and was
still learning my way around the
hospital when a sergeant asked me
if I needed any help,” Ennis said.
“She went out of her way to show
me around the hospital. It made
me feel really good.”
But the tour wasn’t the only
event elevating the comfort level
in the young private’s journey into
motherhood.
Ennis, along with more than
115 expectant mothers, were the
honorees during a recent USO
Special Delivery Baby Shower that
was hosted in partnership with
the What to Expect Foundation.
Anna Gomez’s face lit up when
she walked into the mother-baby
post-partum room during a recent
tour of Carl R. Darnall Army
Medical Center’s Labor and Deliv-
ery facilities.
“Wow,” she said, sharing a smile
with her husband, Pvt. Andrew
Gomez, as the two wrapped their
eyes around the spacious room
nearly three times bigger than the
room where, several years ago, the
two had their first baby.
Anna, who is due in October,
was impressed.
“This room by itself brings me
so much happiness because I know
that I’m not only going to be com-
fortable, but my husband will be
as well. This is a big upgrade, a
very big upgrade,” she said, com-
paring the new hospital’s mother-
baby recovery room to the one in
the old hospital, a difference of
more than 220 square feet. “Seeing
this has made me more excited to
deliver the baby.”
Nodding in agreement was her
husband, who won’t be in the
delivery room with his wife that
day, but will be spending time in
mother-baby room after their baby
is born.
“I’ll definitely be comfortable
here,” Andrew Gomez said, eyeing
the large couch next to the expan-
sive fourth floor window in the
private rooms. “The room at the
old hospital was so cramped and
tiny, and there was a little couch in
the corner. This is great.”
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