Wonder woman

U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka recently purchased a Noelle system to train the staff in the labor and delivery ward. Noelle is a computerized system that mimics birth, from the first contraction forward.


Wonder woman
By Allison Batdorff, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Tuesday, January 8, 2008

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Congratulations, Noelle. You are the proud mother of a plastic, gender-neutral baby.

Again!

If it’s a slow day in U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka’s labor and delivery ward, Noelle might have that plastic baby several times over. She stays in labor all day — all week — with infinite variations on delivery.

This time, the baby gets stuck in the birth canal. Next, the mother experiences postpartum hemorrhage. Thankfully, her parts are plastic, too.

The computerized mother-and-baby set is the newest addition to “the baby farm” — a place where new additions are nothing new.


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