We have been seeing an increase in hospitalizations of pregnant women with COVID in the last few weeks in our area. We are strongly...

For our surgical, pre-op patients, and labor inductions if you have been fully vaccinated and it has been 2 weeks since the last vaccine...

Antepartum- prior to pregnancy if you are admitted for another reason * Patients > 7 days admitted can have their children visit on...

So you have probably heard that the J&J vaccine (the one that was only 1 shot) has been paused due to risk of life-threatening blood...

So in the last few weeks there have been a few promising articles discussing vaccine safety in pregnant and breastfeeding women. It also...

Hope you had a fun April fools Day! Great news, Hoag Hospital is now allowing up to 2 support people ( has to be the same ones) who can...

Starting this week we are allowing partners to accompany their pregnant partners for the 20 week anatomy ultrasound! Yay! Of course, they...

I wanted to put this on here because breast feeding is so challenging and I think any resources to help increase supply can be helpful....

Sorry it has been a while since I published an update. Not much new to report right now. Hospital precautions and visitor restrictions...

#1 Is it safe in pregnancy? Please see earlier posts. The answer is, all the experts believe so given the information we have about it....

Got my 2nd dose at 7 am this morning and feeling pretty good. Just did a Peloton ride and although no PR, not my worst either! I hope it...

...was a Covid vaccine! I am so elated and thankful to science, medicine, Hoag and our government for getting this vaccine to us in...

We have all been getting a lot of questions about Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine which should be getting distributed this week in our...

This week, and it is Tuesday, has already been the worst week of Covid cases for our practice. This reflects the overall surge in cases...

Wishing you all the happiest Thanksgiving possible this year. I realize it is not the same but I hope you all have someone you are able...

Unfortunately, OC is back in the purple tier this week so there have been some changes and updates in the hospital policies. However,...

Last week was another crazy first for me in this year full of firsts! Like many of you, my family was evacuated on Monday due to the...

I've been getting a lot of questions about what we recommend with visitors with a newborn during the pandemic. I tried to find some good...

Are any of you tired of this 24 hour news cycle? I am. I deleted my Facebook account after watching The Netflix documentary The Social...

Really, this year continues to depress me. I hope everyone, especially women, will understand how much this one supreme court justice did...