Prenatal Health, Labor and Delivery

[UPDATED with Insanity Plea:] A Tale of Two Sonias: One Mom Welcomes OC's 1st Baby of 2013, Other Allegedly Murdered Boy

See the update at the end of this post on Sonia Hermosillo's insanity plea today.ORIGINAL POST, JAN. 2, 9:38 A.M.: Two Orange County mothers named Sonia enter 2013 in very different places. At 12:03 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, at Western Medical Center Anaheim, Sonia Gonzalez delivered Pamela Cristal Belt ... More >>

Attention, Expectant Mothers: Local Doctors, Nurses Want Your Baby's Umbilical Cord Blood

It was a no-brainer decision for Buena Park resident Stephanie Vinson that come delivery time, she would donate her baby's valuable umbilical cord blood. The hospital where she worked and delivered, Long Beach Memorial Center, offered a public collection program, meaning a mother can donate her cord ... More >>

Gremlins

Bay Theater

[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 >>

Tom Green

Brea Improv

Have A Baby, Have An Orgasm? What The?

The makers of a new documentary called "Orgasmic Birth" promise that such a thing is possible when you give birth without drugs, wheelchairs and stirrups. The enigmatic (and not immediately obvious) sensual secrets of childbirth will be revealed at a screening of the film tonight in Laguna Niguel. ... 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

Preventing Care

Proposition 187 still sickens immigrants