Dr. Speir
In memory of Dr. Kent
Anne M. Kent, M.D. September 25, 1958 - November 22, 2022 Anne Kent, 64, passed away at her Newport Beach home surrounded by her beloved...
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Dr. Speir
- Mar 12
- 1 min
I'm 36 weeks pregnant! What exercises should I be doing?
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...
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Dr. Speir
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Change in Visitor Policy and some new Covid data
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...
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Dr. Speir
- Jan 13
- 1 min
No more monoclonal antibodies, change in visitor policy
Some sad news this week, Hoag Hospital Labor and Delivery and Postpartum has changed their visitor policy to one visitor per patient. If...
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Dr. Speir
- Dec 29, 2021
- 2 min
I'm pregnant and tested positive for COVID....
Unfortunately, the Omicron strain of Covid seems to be highly contagious and we are seeing a huge surge in cases. Here are the current...
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Dr. Speir
- Nov 7, 2021
- 3 min
Vaccine Boosters & Kids
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...
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Dr. Speir
- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
New Hospital Visiting Rules
Stay tuned because these could change in the next few days. The new policy is that all visitors to the hospital ( including partners on...
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Dr. Speir
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
Katie's brush with death
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...
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Dr. Speir
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
The Tents are Back outside the ER :(
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...
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Dr. Speir
- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min
Rise in COVID-19 cases
We have been seeing an increase in hospitalizations of pregnant women with COVID in the last few weeks in our area. We are strongly...
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Dr. Speir
- Jun 10, 2021
- 2 min
Pre-op COVID testing & Postpartum Vaccine Availability
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...
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Dr. Speir
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
New Hospital Visiting Rules
Antepartum- prior to pregnancy if you are admitted for another reason * Patients > 7 days admitted can have their children visit on...
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Dr. Speir
- Apr 14, 2021
- 2 min
New information on Johnson and Johnson/Janssen vaccine
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...
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Dr. Speir
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
Vaccine Data & Partners in the office
So in the last few weeks there have been a few promising articles discussing vaccine safety in pregnant and breastfeeding women. It also...
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Dr. Speir
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
2 support people & Available vaccines now
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...
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Dr. Speir
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Should you get the vaccine if pregnant? And good news for partners....
Starting this week we are allowing partners to accompany their pregnant partners for the 20 week anatomy ultrasound! Yay! Of course, they...
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Dr. Speir
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
In home Lactation Support Resource
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....
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Dr. Speir
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
Just keep swimming...variants and vaccines
Sorry it has been a while since I published an update. Not much new to report right now. Hospital precautions and visitor restrictions...
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Dr. Speir
- Jan 14, 2021
- 3 min
More Vaccine Questions & OC leading the way in vaccinations
#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....
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Dr. Speir
- Jan 7, 2021
- 1 min
Fully vaccinated! If you test positive for Covid - read this
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...
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