Pregnancy and Childbirth

Juana Perez Valencia Gets 15 Years to Life for Murdering and Dumping Her Newborn

Juana Perez Valencia was sentenced today to 15 years to life in state prison for murdering her infant girl right after giving birth and tossing the corpse into a dumpster. After a first jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in January, a second one last September found the Anaheim 21-year-old gu ... More >>

Where to Go When You're Pregnant In Heels

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Yoselin Torres Tovar Gets 16 Years to Life for Murdering Her Newborn

Yoselin Torres Tovar, who two days into her murder trial last month pleaded guilty to repeatedly stabbing her newborn girl to death and hiding the corpse in the closet of her family's home, was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in state prison.That was the expected penalty after the 20-year-old ... More >>

Examining the Parent Trap in 'What to Expect When You're Expecting'

Kirk Jones shapes narrow worldview from Heidi Murkoff's mega-best-selling pregnancy manual

Mayra Gonzalez Accused of Sexing Up 16 y.o. Boyfriend of Daughter, Having His Baby

A 32-year-old Santa Ana woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy six weeks ago, which normally would not be news in this cruel, cruel world except that the father is apparently the 16-year-old boyfriend of the mother of three's daughter.This morning, Mayra Gonzalez is scheduled to be arraigned on six ... More >>

Yoselin Torres Tovar, 2 Days into Murder Trial, Pleads Guilty to Stabbing Her Newborn to Death

Two days into her jury trial, a 20-year-old Fullerton mother pleaded guilty today to repeatedly stabbing her newborn girl to death and hiding the corpse in the closet of her family's home in April 2010. Yoselin Torres Tovar is scheduled to be sentenced to 16 years to life in state prison at a June 1 ... More >>

Nameberry Is a Baby Name-Pedia

[Trendzilla] The website that has every possible baby name known to man—even Fitzwilliam

Ahmad Siddiqi, Marine Afghanistan Interpreter Accused of Killing DoD Interpreter Soraya Faroqi and Her Unborn Child, to be Arraigned

​An Orange County District Attorney's office statement on Wednesday's scheduled arraignment of Ahmad Siddiqi fills in some holes about the murder of Soraya Faroqi and her unborn child.Currently, the Marine who spent several months in Afghanistan before the slaying faces a minimum sentence with a c ... More >>

Michael Kamrava, Octomom Nadya Suleman's Fertility Doctor, Files for Bankruptcy

​Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills fertility doctor who lost his medical license last year partly due to his controversial treatment of Octomom Nadya Suleman of La Habra, has reportedly filed for bankruptcy.TMZ cites Chapter 7 papers Kamrava filed that claim "he has only $17,628 in assets . . . a ... More >>

Parastoo Patricia Faraz-Eslami, Ladera Ranch Doctor, Gets A Year Of Probation From State Medical Board

​A Ladera Ranch doctor, who twice did a surgery unsuccessfully before referring a patient to a different doctor, got a one-year probation term from the state medical board.Dr. Parastoo Patricia Faraz-Eslami's license faced discipline for "gross negligence," "repeated negligent acts" and "incompete ... More >>

Yanira Bernice Valderrama Cuts Deal for Drowning Newborn in Toilet and Tossing Him in Trash Bin

​A 21-year-old Fullerton woman has pleaded guilty to felony child abuse in a deal with prosecutors that removes a murder count for drowning her newborn boy in a toilet and hiding his body in a bedroom trash can.Yanira Bernice Valderrama also admitted to a sentencing enhancement of inflicting gre ... More >>

[UPDATED with Stellar Author, Contributors:] Kids of Stressed-Out Moms Age Faster: UCI Research

​UPDATE, AUG. 2, 5:24 P.M.: Dr. Pathik D. Wadhwa (pictured here) was lead author of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper describing UCI's research into stressed-out moms and their faster-aging children. It's a wonder Wadhwa has time to write anything given all he specializes i ... More >>

[UPDATED with Court Appeal:] Michael Kamrava, Fertility Doctor, Loses License

Kamrava​UPDATE, JUNE 6, 8:08 A.M.: An administrative law judge previously said Michael Kamrava, Octomom Nadya Suleman's fertility doctor, should keep his medical license, but the California Medical Board overruled that recommendation last month.So, Kamrava has turned to another judge, this one at ... More >>

[UPDATED with Revocation Call:] Michael Kamrava, Octomom's Fertility Doctor, May Lose Medical License

Kamrava​UPDATE, MAY 5, 1 P.M.: The California Medical Board should revoke the license to practice of Dr. Michael Kamrava, the fertility doctor for La Habra single mother of 14 Nadya Suleman, the "Octomom," a state prosecutor urged today.State Deputy Attorney General Judith T. Alvarado contends rev ... More >>

One Gift A Niece Doesn't Want From Her Uncle: Incest

Meneses: bad uncle​Jasinto Duran Meneses isn't happy that Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard M. King gave him a 15-years-to-life prison sentence.His crime, Meneses said, wasn't as disturbing as King or county prosecutors alleged. Besides, he had been intoxicated and he hadn't intended to i ... More >>

OC Planned Parenthood Funding in Crisis

​On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget resolution that eliminates Title X, a program that gives low-income women access to family-planning services. Taking the biggest hit is Planned Parenthood--the nation's largest reproductive health services provider--which would lose a ... More >>

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Newport Cutters Offer Dueling Mommy Makeovers

Before or after?​Two Newport Beach plastic surgeons offer dueling "Mommy Makeovers."Dr. Semira Bayati of Dr. Bayati Cosmetic Surgery on Birch Street provides a combo package of such procedures as a breast lift, liposuction and tummy tuck to combat "the toll pregnancy, childbirth, and child-rearin ... More >>

Possibly Pregnant Perpetrator Not Present in Prolific Mission Viejo Pot-Pad

​When a Mission Viejo resident returns to her single-story house on Via San Jose, she'll be missing much more than her monthly period.On Friday, Santa Ana police were called to a Rite Aid on South Bristol Street in Santa Ana to investigate the petty theft of a home pregnancy test by an unident ... More >>

Dr. Michael Kamrava, "Octomom" Nadya Suleman's Litter Maker, in Hot Water Again

​The fertility doctor who treated "Octomom" Nadya Suleman of La Habra faces new state medical board accusations.As was alleged in the Suleman case, Dr. Michael Kamrava transferred too many embryos into an unnamed woman and failed to recommend that she see a mental health professional, California ... More >>

Gabriela Osorio Faces Arraignment Today for Allegedly Stabbing New Mom and Stealing Baby

​According to the charges against Gabriela Osorio, the 28-year-old Santa Ana woman lied to her boyfriend and family about being pregnant, befriended a woman who really was pregnant, told her boyfriend and family she gave birth, tried to kill the real new mom and kidnapped her supposed friend's bab ... More >>

Orly Taitz Pancake Painter Speaks

Dan LaceyTaitz says it's a placenta, we say it's a pancake... It's probably both.​Dr. Orly Taitz hates the image you see above. Its publication is usually the first thing she mentions, for example, when she talks about why she thinks the Weekly is run by deranged marxists paid by Barack Obama to m ... More >>

Baby and Me

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Everyday 'Mother and Child'

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[UPDATED:] Yanira Valderrama Held in Newborn's Murder

UPDATE: Just when you thought this couldn't get worse (details below) . . . Courtesy of Fullerton Police DepartmentYanira Valderrama​A 20-year-old Fullerton resident has been arrested for the September 2009 murder of her newborn baby boy.Yanira Valderrama was arrested Thursday on suspicion of murd ... More >>

Orly Taitz Approves Threats Against Judge's Grandchildren; Accuses the Weekly of Hate Crimes, Dunn of Lying

​We really, really wanted to take a break from writing about Orly Taitz today. It appears she's trying to get our attention, though. And maybe the police's as well.

[UPDATED:] Just Another Orange County Murder: Newborn in Dumpster

​UPDATED WITH MOTHER'S IDENTITY, CHARGES, OTHER DETAILS . . . Juana Perez Valencia, 19, of Anaheim, allegedly gave birth to a girl Tuesday evening in the restroom of the restaurant where she works, wrapped the newborn in a plastic bag and dumped the little bundle of joy in the dumpster out back, k ... More >>

Tales of a Local "Pregorexic" Mom

The other day at yoga class I, (and several other students), couldn't help but furtively glance at a brittle young woman (we're talking bones where hips once were) committing fragile downward dogs and back bends on her mat in a back corner. She clearly had, or is slowly recovering from, a severe eat ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Fewer OC Hospitals Are Allowing Midwife-Assisted Births, And Moms-to-Be Aren't Taking It Lying Down

King of the Chaff

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A Little Bit Pregnant

Whoever said you can't be a little bit pregnant never reckoned with the can-do spirit of the Bush administration. As the Washington Post reports: New federal guidelines ask all females capable of conceiving a baby to treat themselves -- and to be treated by the health care system -- as pre-pregnant ... More >>

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Emergency contraception may go over-the-counter

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The White Lady Was Brown

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The Anti-Rebel

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Perp Walks

Pregnant Pause

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Proposition 187 still sickens immigrants

Abstaining from Reality

President Clinton funds anti-sex programs