Ok meet Chelsea (part 1). This is our next obstetrical skit. And no this is not an actual labor and delivery patient that I took care of. Though it IS based off of a true story!! In our first scene Chelsea goes into pre term labor at 32 weeks pregnant. She has her little bundle then heads home a short three weeks later! What do you think might happen to Chelsea and her little family? #pretermbaby #laboranddelivery #birthstories #laboranddeliverynurse #givingbirth #pregnancyhumor #expectingmom |

We’re proud to announce that the Women’s Hospital at MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center opened a new Obstetric Emergency Department (OB ED). Now when a pregnant patient comes to the Emergency Department with symptoms, such as abdominal pain or a bladder infection, she is transferred to a designated area in the labor and delivery unit instead of remaining in the ED. If the patient’s primary OB physician is unable to see the patient within 30 minutes due to a delivery or procedure, an OB labor