One of our lovely Labor and Delivery nurses Kimmy has made this video to show women how to get their baby engaged and body ready for...

I'm sure everyone is sick of the yo-yo visitor policy but they have relaxed the requirements back to pre-Omicron days on L&D and...

Some sad news this week, Hoag Hospital Labor and Delivery and Postpartum has changed their visitor policy to one visitor per patient. If...

Unfortunately, the Omicron strain of Covid seems to be highly contagious and we are seeing a huge surge in cases. Here are the current...

Sorry it has been a little bit since posting. I wanted to take the time to update you on the booster recommendations for the Covid-19...

Stay tuned because these could change in the next few days. The new policy is that all visitors to the hospital ( including partners on...

This is one of our patient's Katie Pedersen's Facebook post. The picture is after she was extubated and I think she looks AMAZING...

I'm sure you all are feeling a little bit disappointed and frustrated by the surge in cases of COVID-19. It seems like the Delta variant...

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...