Pregnancy News

A number of new laws affecting employers took effect on January 1, 2012. Learn more about them and how employees may be affected as well.

Americans shared a collective jaw drop when JaMichael Brown of Longview, Texas, came into the world last summer weighing a whopping 16 pounds.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 1, 2012 — The morning-after pill may help shrink painful fibroids and relieve excessive bleeding, new research indicates.

Beyonce and JayZ are not the first parents to choose a baby name that is a color, but baby Blue Ivy might be one of the most recent ones to be well known.

Despite a decrease in home births between 1990 and 2004, the number of home births actually increased between 2004 and 2009 by 29%, an upturn of 0.56% in 2004, to 0.72% in 2009.

Historically speaking, home birth was were the vast majority of babies were born prior to the 1900s.

Shares of Columbia Laboratories once again took a beating yesterday, cut by more than half, after a negative 13-4 vote by the FDA Advisory Committee on Friday after-hours, recommending against approving its progesterone vaginal gel 8% Prochieve in reducing the risk of pre-term birth in women with a single gestation and a short uterine cervical … (more)

We spend a lot of time talking about pregnancy symptoms . What they are, what they mean and how to deal with them.

‘Silent Thalidomide’: Thousands of mothers and their daughters at risk of cancer from anti-miscarriage drugs they took decades ago Thousands of women whose mothers were prescribed the common pregnancy drug DES are unaware they are at greater risk of a number of cancers, according to experts.

Women whose mothers were prescribed the common pregnancy drug DES will be encouraged to seek compensation as it has been linked to certain cancers.

You’re probably looking very forward to the day that your baby is born. You’ve been imagining it for months.

Welcome to 2012 - a Leap Year! That means that at the end of February, we’ll get a whole extra day, February 29th.

BACKGROUND: Second-trimester medical termination of pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of surgical evacuation than earlier medical TOP.

A new Canadian study suggests smoking marijuana while pregnant is an effective way to combat morning sickness, though researchers note the findings are far from conclusive.

JWoww, DJ Pauly D, Vinny and Ronnie visit the THR Cover Lounge to clear up the most outrageous gossip headlines they’ve read about themselves.

The Kitchener mother had such a good experience with her midwife during her first pregnancy, she didn’t hesitate to pick midwifery care again.

Are you trying to get pregnant? Trying to figure out if you’re pregnant or not can be a big deal.

Maternal mortality among black African women in the UK is up to seven times higher than it is among white women.

As an embryo develops, different genes are turned on in different cells, to form muscles, neurons and other bodily parts.

Three decades later, MacCormack believes that the drug her mother took to prevent miscarriages caused her to develop breast cancer at age 44.

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services today announced the publication of an article in the December issue of Reproductive BioMedicine Online about miscarriage rates following IVF treatment with frozen thawed embryos which may revolutionize clinical and laboratory practice.

If you have the first baby of the new year, you often get a few gifts from the local hospital or other organizations.

Singer Dido, 40, has welcomed a baby boy on Christmas Day. She and her husband, Rohan Gavin.

Scientists have a good understanding of a pregnant mother’s health, behavior, and moods and her baby’s cognitive and psychological development once it is born.

Morning sickness is probably one of the most commonly known symptoms of pregnancy.

Pregnancy is a special time, but as they say, timing is everything. And sometimes, it’s just not the right time to tell everyone you’re pregnant.

Food cravings, weight gain and mood swings are common symptoms of pregnancy and are well known even by the uninitiated.

It’s that time of year when all the pregnant women start lamenting having a December birthday, particularly a birthday on Christmas Day.

A federal judge in Brooklyn is set to hear arguments over whether the federal government is acting constitutionally in its decisions over the access teenage girls should have to morning-after contraceptive pills.

A federal judge in Brooklyn is set to hear arguments over whether the federal government is acting constitutionally in its decisions over the access teenage girls should have to morning-after contraceptive pills.