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Pregnancy and Childbirth

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Elvira Evers, Pregnant And Shot During Riots, Survives to See 'Baby' Jessica Turn 20

    After the riots, there was much talk about turning a new leaf in L.A: New life and new attitudes would spring from the ashes of destruction, political leaders said There's living proof of that in "baby" Jessica Evers, who celebrates her 20th birthday on April 30. Not only was she born on the secon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Ecstasy Use Can Increase Your Chance of Having a Baby Boy (And Other Bad Things)

    Ah, yes, ecstasy: The drug that makes you feel good before you feel really bad. Turns out there's another reason for E users in this rave capital of the nation to consider sticking with marijuana: A recent Case Western Reserve University study found that a pregnant mom's ecstasy use could be bad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Sonia Hernandez's Abandoned Baby Story a Cover For Daughter's Child Endangerment, Long Beach Cops Say

    Google Maps​Updated at the bottom: How the mom's relationship allegedly inspired her to hide the baby. First posted at 12:27 p.m. A woman's story of finding a newborn girl at a Long Beach gas station turned out to be a cover for her daughter's alleged child endangerment, police told the Weekl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    5 Crazy Sex Myths You Learned in High School

    Once upon a time, I taught sex ed to high schoolers. Not to brag or anything, but I could roll a condom onto a banana in front of a classroom of 15-year-olds and maintain my composure. No big deal. What I had a harder time maintaining composure about, though, were the egregiously misguided myths a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Arsenic Hysteria: Now It's Been Found in Rice

    Flickr/DanoIt looks so harmless.​ First it was apple juice. Now researchers say there is inorganic arsenic in rice, and that it could particularly affect pregnant women, CBS News reports. Arsenic is able to cross the placenta and may harm a developing baby. For the study, researchers measure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    V-Nasty on Jail, Being Pregnant At 15, and Why Oakland Is Not Where It's At

    Fred Harper​See also: *As Nasty As She Wants to Be: Kreayshawn's Controversial Associate Finally Tells Her Side of the Story *Free V-Nasty; Why I'm Fascinated by Kreayshawn's Controversial Crewmate *Our review of Kreayshawn's show at The Roxy Our music feature story this week is on V-Nasty, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Anti-Abortion Billboards to Pregnant L.A. Latinas: 'The Most Dangerous Place for a Latino Is in the Womb'

    Unidosporlavida.org.mx​Happy hump day, everybody! Here's what's in store for your commute home: An extremist group of religious right-wingers from Mexico City has erected a pro-life billboard at the corner of Figueroa Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in South Los Angeles [OC Weekly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Too Soon? Disney Now Marketing to Newborns and Their Moms (Really)

    Disney BabyCan you say, 'Buy it now?'​We could hardly blame Disney for creating tween-demo sensations like Miley Cyrus or Selena Gomez (not to mention Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Britney before them): Kids represent a merchandise bonanza for a stuffed-bauble marketing enterprise ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Demand Media, eHow Factory in Santa Monica, Already Worth $1.9 Billion: Retarded Web Searches Prevail

    It's no Gehry, but Demand Media's oceanfront headquarters do just fine​In an unassuming mid-rise office building on the Santa Monica cliffs (1299 Ocean Avenue, to be exact), the nation's most profitable "journalistic" machine is hard at work -- churning out those short, un-researched half-answ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    ANOTHER PUSHY BROAD WHO HAD SEX AND IS RUBBING OUR FACE IN IT

    It's no Gehry, but Demand Media's oceanfront headquarters do just fine​In an unassuming mid-rise office building on the Santa Monica cliffs (1299 Ocean Avenue, to be exact), the nation's most profitable "journalistic" machine is hard at work -- churning out those short, un-researched half-answ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    The New Anchor Babies: Pregnant Chinese Women Fly To L.A. First-Class To Give Birth To American Citizens

    GulfstreamChinese women head to LAX when they want to give birth to American babies.​What's the first image that comes to your mind when you think of so-called "anchor babies" -- children born in the U.S. to mostly illegal-immigrant parents? Right - "little brown ones," to borrow the immortal ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 18, 2010

    A TIG'S GIVING STORY

    GulfstreamChinese women head to LAX when they want to give birth to American babies.​What's the first image that comes to your mind when you think of so-called "anchor babies" -- children born in the U.S. to mostly illegal-immigrant parents? Right - "little brown ones," to borrow the immortal ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2010

    What Does That Say About Eminem?

    GulfstreamChinese women head to LAX when they want to give birth to American babies.​What's the first image that comes to your mind when you think of so-called "anchor babies" -- children born in the U.S. to mostly illegal-immigrant parents? Right - "little brown ones," to borrow the immortal ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    SHE'S GOT PLACENTA TO TALK ABOUT

    GulfstreamChinese women head to LAX when they want to give birth to American babies.​What's the first image that comes to your mind when you think of so-called "anchor babies" -- children born in the U.S. to mostly illegal-immigrant parents? Right - "little brown ones," to borrow the immortal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Your Latest Dietary Law Kitchen Gadget: An Instant Pork Tester

    Flickr/agtwo​ At last, a portable kitchen gadget for anyone trying to keep halal, kosher, vegan, vegetarian, or any combination of the above. Scientists in Kazakhstan have come up with an instant pork tester. The plastic-stick test, which changes color rather like a pregnancy test, detects fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Top Chef Heads to D.C. With Kate Winslet Possible Judge: Why Not Rahm Emanuel??

    Greg KadelPadma Lakshmi​ Top Chef is on the move again, trading in the red chips of Vegas for the red tape of Washington, D.C. And in typical political fashion, the show's shooting schedule has been held up - this time due to Emmy-nominated host Padma Lakshmi's pregnancy. "We were supposed to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Pregnancy-Related Deaths Have Tripled In California

    ​The number of women who have died from complications related to their pregnancies has tripled from 1996 to 2006, California Watch is reporting. Two possible reasons: An increase in cesarean sections and a growing number of overweight moms-to-be. Just as intriguing: The state Department of He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Maternity Greens: Caioti Pizza Cafe's Labor-Inducing Salad

    Courtesy of Caioti Pizza CaféThe maternity salad​For many expecting mothers, the final weeks of pregnancy are the hardest. In the last thirty-eight to forty-two weeks of pregnancy, overdue moms often turn to natural stimulants to encourage labor. But when baby experts' recommended triggers-- ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009

    Don't Try This at Home! Or Do! It's Your Choice!

    Courtesy of Caioti Pizza CaféThe maternity salad​For many expecting mothers, the final weeks of pregnancy are the hardest. In the last thirty-eight to forty-two weeks of pregnancy, overdue moms often turn to natural stimulants to encourage labor. But when baby experts' recommended triggers-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Octuplet Mom's Publicist: "There's Nothing Left to Defrost"

    As a press representative for Union Pacific Railroad, Joann Killeen has plenty of experience with train wrecks, which may explain why she is handling publicity for Nadya Suleman, the Whittier mother who gave birth to octuplets last month. You might say Killeen is the 47th member of the maternity tri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Analyze This: Octuplets' Mom Speaks

    Nadya Suleman's first public interview since she gave birth to octuplets January 26 was previewed by NBC's Today show Friday. Suleman, who has been dubbed "Octupussy" by TMZ.com, was instantly analyzed by an array of amateurs and professionals. .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helveti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Octuplets' Mom Leaves Kaiser

    The Associated Press reports that Nadya Suleman, the 33-year-old single mother who gave birth to eight children January 26, has left the hospital. She returns to Whittier and an uncertain future. Initially there had been an outpouring of public astonishment and elation over the seemingly miraculous ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 29, 2009

    Jim Leonard's Battle Hymn

    Brave new world

  • Film+TV

    July 3, 2008

    Don Bachardy on Christopher Isherwood, the Man He Loved

    L.A. portrait artist remembers the author, 30 years his senior, with whom he shared a life

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    Weiss' Muxtape #2: A Tribute to Albert Hofmann-Pour Out a Little Lysergic

    Lost somewhere in the shuffle of the 43,214 stories on the potential impact of Obama's ex-pastor's crack-pot comments*, was the news that Albert Hoffmann, the founder of LSD, died this week at the ripe old age of 102. Along with completely dis-proving everything you ever learned in D.A.R.E class a ... More >>

  • Stage

    April 17, 2008

    Pregnant Pauses: Kate Robin’s What They Have

    Baby dancers

  • News

    June 7, 2007

    Seth Rogen on Finding the Joke and Fatherly Wisdom

    Who's your daddy?

  • Film+TV

    May 3, 2007

    Do the Jane Fonda

    Talking sex, politics and hoped-for revolution with the Georgia Rule star

  • Columns

    April 26, 2007

    Plan C

    Talking sex, politics and hoped-for revolution with the Georgia Rule star

  • Film+TV

    April 26, 2007

    Stephanie Daley: Bringing Up Baby

    Coming to terms in Stephanie Daley

  • News

    April 26, 2007

    Michelle Biloon: Dives, Darts and Hecklers

    A few laughs with a standup soldier

  • Film+TV

    April 12, 2007

    Notes From the Underbelly’s Great Expectations

    Birth of a notion

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2006

    A Style Councilette is Born!

    Welcome Charlotte Elsie Cadillac Pinkerson! On November 4th, our gal pal Lina gave birth to healthy baby girl! With a name like that, we know she's gonna be a little rock star, and we can't wait to hang with her. Mama Lina promises more details later in the week, but she's a little busy right now ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 12, 2006

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    Welcome Charlotte Elsie Cadillac Pinkerson! On November 4th, our gal pal Lina gave birth to healthy baby girl! With a name like that, we know she's gonna be a little rock star, and we can't wait to hang with her. Mama Lina promises more details later in the week, but she's a little busy right now ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 12, 2006

    Lovely Lady Lumps

    Fashion tips and alternatives for knocked-up knockouts

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Place for Pre-Baby Bliss

    Fashion tips and alternatives for knocked-up knockouts

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2006

    Mama Mia

    If you read my last few posts (yeah it's been a while, but we changed over to a new blogging system so please excuse our absence) you might remember that I revealed I am happily sperminated. Well, all is going nicely... I'm in the second trimester which is known as the good period -after the nause ... More >>

  • News

    February 16, 2006

    Things to Do Before You Get Pregnant

    Take folic acid. Buy a new house. Get your mercury tested.

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2005

    Unwanted Conversation

    Some teenagers can’t imagine telling their parents about an abortion

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Pregnant Pauses, Toys in the Crawlspace

    A writer’s encounters with L.A.

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    Letters

    A writer’s encounters with L.A.

  • Columns

    February 19, 2004

    The Abruti Ploy

    A writer’s encounters with L.A.

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Tough Roe to Hoe

    Who will fight the next battle for choice?

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    Fetal Frenzy

    How the embryo in amnion became the strange icon of anti-abortionists

  • Art+Books

    November 15, 2001

    Labor’s Pains

    Naomi Wolf on the birth myth

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    As Afghanistan Turns

    The soap opera everyone tunes in

  • Art+Books

    September 6, 2001

    Generation Hex

    Douglas Coupland: All Families Are Psychotic

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    When the Bough Breaks

    Elizabeth Lynn Faber was ignored by California's mental-health system -- until she killed her baby

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    Sweating It Out

    UC’s ban on sweatshop products may be hard to enforce

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    The Baptism

    (page 2)

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