Pregnancy and Childbirth

"What to Expect When You're Expecting": Humanity's Horror

Bump & Grind: The Top Five Pregnant Performances

​What the hell is up with the tabloids and pregnancies? Usually when a lady celebrity has so much as a big lunch, or gets photographed from a bad angle, they announce that an offspring is probably imminent. And here's Beyonce Knowles, being totally upfront about her and Jay-Z's baby-to-be, rubbing ... More >>

Giselle Esteban, Murder Suspect in Michelle Le Death, Is Taken to Hospital

Giselle Esteban ​Giselle Esteban, the 27-year-old woman accused of murdering Michelle Le, missed her arraignment this afternoon in Alameda County because she was taken to the hospital for a nonemergency situation. Alameda County Sergeant J.D. Nelson wouldn't provide details about her medical condi ... More >>

Is Google Reponsible for Anti-Abortion Center Posing As Abortion Provider?

Be careful what you search for. ​By now, we've accepted the fact that Google relies on our online searches to target products for advertising. But City Attorney Dennis Herrera is not; the mayoral candidate is asking one San Francisco anti-abortion counseling center to stop web advertisements that ... More >>

Facebook Inspires Couple to Name Their Baby "Like"

Where's the unlike button?​If ever there was inspiration for an "dislike" button on Facebook, here it is: An Israeli couple reportedly named their newborn baby "Like" after the popular button on the social networking site that lets users show support for their friends' status, photos, and comments ... More >>

February book events in San Francisco

Where's the unlike button?​If ever there was inspiration for an "dislike" button on Facebook, here it is: An Israeli couple reportedly named their newborn baby "Like" after the popular button on the social networking site that lets users show support for their friends' status, photos, and comments ... More >>

Born Identity: "Mother and Child" grapples with adoption

Where's the unlike button?​If ever there was inspiration for an "dislike" button on Facebook, here it is: An Israeli couple reportedly named their newborn baby "Like" after the popular button on the social networking site that lets users show support for their friends' status, photos, and comments ... More >>

Were They "Postracial" Back Then, Too?

Where's the unlike button?​If ever there was inspiration for an "dislike" button on Facebook, here it is: An Israeli couple reportedly named their newborn baby "Like" after the popular button on the social networking site that lets users show support for their friends' status, photos, and comments ... More >>

Mirkarimi's 'Baby Mama' Launches Mother of All Blogs

SF Weekly's proud Baby Mama of the Year now has a blog​Eliana Lopez, the Venezuelan soap star who gave birth to a son this year with Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, launched a Spanish-language blog this month about motherhood named maminatural.  Its glamorous tagline: "Being a woman, bei ... More >>

San Francisco Professor: Call Your Mother, Talk About Incontinence

Incontinence is a problem that even younger women can be afflicted with...​ Dr. Jeanette Brown says, in all seriousness, she's out to make incontinence "cocktail conversation." Just what you'd offer a toast to at the end of such a discussion is yet to be determined, but Brown is adamant that peopl ... More >>

S.F. Pro-Lifers Will Train To Channel Angel Gabriel This Weekend

Susan StefanskiAngel Gabriel​ For many single gals in San Francisco, a dude in an angel costume attempting to dispense advice for her pregnancy would seem like a creative ploy for pocket change. Halo headgear a la the biblical Angel Gabriel are optional for the throngs of local ... More >>

Follow the Bouncing Bill: Alioto-Pier's New Aide Says Job Was Spur-of-the-Moment Offer

FacebookNewly minted Alioto-Pier legislative aide Bill Barnes displays decor he no longer needsWhen former Chris Daly legislative aide Bill Barnes quit his post as Assemblywoman Fiona Ma's chief of staff last year, we asked him if the rumors were true -- was he going to work for Supervisor Michela A ... More >>

Magic Moments

Three new art gallery shows dabble in abracadabra.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Thinking about my two baby daddies at the Hi Dive

Three new art gallery shows dabble in abracadabra.

Missed Connection: Pregnant Pause

There are a lot of words that just don't belong in mitigating quotes. "Pregnant" is one of them. Here's a real-life example, extracted from the morass of missed connections that followed Valentine's Day's annual pillow fight on the Embarcadero, and annotated for your benefit. "pregnant" at pillow fi ... More >>

St. Luke's Doctor: DIY Abortions by S.F. Latinas Overhyped in New York Times

Progressive San Francisco may be a card-carrying pro-choice city where abortions are readily accessible. But just because a hipster chick can wear a snarky T-shirt that could very well  get her burned at the stake in more conservative zip codes hasn't erased abortion's taboo within the city's ... More >>

Take the Rude Train

BART riders won't give up their seats for a pregnant woman.

S.F. Restaurants Fight Hunger

BART riders won't give up their seats for a pregnant woman.

'Tis Pity She's a Bore

ACT's relatively tame production lacks heart.

The Weekend Hitlist: Carnaval, BayCon, Margot & the Nuclear So So's

ACT's relatively tame production lacks heart.

I Want My Mommy

ACT's relatively tame production lacks heart.

More Proof Caffeine = The Devil

ACT's relatively tame production lacks heart.

The Business of Being Born

ACT's relatively tame production lacks heart.

The Crowd You're in With More Cliché Than Cathartic

ACT's relatively tame production lacks heart.

Bender’s Big Score, Hot Rod, Waitress - New DVDs reviewed

ACT's relatively tame production lacks heart.

Get MILFy

ACT's relatively tame production lacks heart.

No Hail Caesarean

Expectant mothers are losing an option to birth babies naturally and activists are charging it is more about money than safety

Mother’s Work

Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

Way Out of Sync

Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

I Was an Online Mother, Part 3

Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

I Was an Online Mother, Part 2

Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

I Was an Online Mother

Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

Some Girls

Heaven's Pregnant Teens

I Ain't No Holocaust Girl

Shuffleboard at the El Rio and why calling your boss a Nazi is passé

Giving and Getting

A bold and passionate play whose soap-opera ending barely diminishes its power

Shock and Awful

Todd Solondz has been a lot of things, but never preachy or dull. Till now.

Deliver Me

What to expect when you're reading local baby books

Best Prenatal Yoga

Yoga Tree

Best Doctor (OB/GYN)

Dr. Frederica Lofquist

Avow

A comedy about a gay couple trying to get their relationship blessed by a Catholic priest

Nothing in the Oven

How to handle the question "Are you pregnant?" when you're not

Mayhem All the Way

In Time and Tide, Tsui Hark delivers a plotless wonder

Tough!

Two teenage girls scream at a hapless guy for being a typical boy

Full Court Fathers

They're young, poor, unmarried fathers -- but don't call them deadbeat dads. They want to be part of their kids' lives, and Oakland's Midnight Basketball League is helping them do it.

Social Grace

The Gentle-Reminder Machine

Sex Pistols

The Lifestyle

Letters to the Editor

Got It; Got It; Didn't Get It; Female Cracker Morons Who Maim; Ounce of Prevention; Our Apologies, John; The Oddest Clarification We've Published This Year

Savage Love

Got It; Got It; Didn't Get It; Female Cracker Morons Who Maim; Ounce of Prevention; Our Apologies, John; The Oddest Clarification We've Published This Year

The Illusion of Roe V. Wade

While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

Dog Bites

While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available