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This story was originally published by CalMatters, nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

Detranay Blankenship was 16 weeks pregnant when she found out she was expecting. The days passed quickly, and soon she was 7 centimeters dilated at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital.

The 26-year-old first-time mom wasn’t sure what to expect during labor, but the team at MLK’s maternity ward soon felt like family. Every hour midwife Angela Sojobi bustled in to check on her progress and offer cheerful words of encouragement. When it was time to push, a nurse lowered the lights and flipped on the soothing sound of rain....

Infants in a pram should be well wrapped up to protect them from hypothermia, as babies lose heat faster than adults because their skin is particularly thin, according to health experts. The ratio of body volume to body size also precipitates a baby’s loss of heat, Germany's Das Sichere Haus health initiative says. On top of that, a baby that is simply lying in a pram without moving hardly produces any body heat. If the child is dressed too lightly, the risk of hypothermia arises after just 60 minutes at temperatures of around 6 degrees Celsius. Parents who want to go for a winter’s walk shoul......