Pregnancy News

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.

The Fitch ratings agency will likely lower its outlook for debts linked to the U.S. government to negative, including debt of government-controlled mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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.

Peg Plumbo has been a certified nurse-midwife since 1976. She has assisted at over 1,000 births and currently teaches in the… Read more There is not one easy answer to your question.

How long you stay in the hospital or birth center after having a baby is rarely up to you, your doctor or midwife, but mostly up to hospital policy and your insurance company.

I am 14 weeks pregnant and am still not “showing.” I was somewhat underweight before I became pregnant, so I’m feeling like I should be showing by now.

President Barack Obama said Thursday it was just common sense to keep girls under the age of 17 from being able to buy a morning-after contraceptive pill off a drugstore shelf.

A new study out in Obstetrics & Gynecology shows that women with increasing weight do not suffer from longer lengths of the pushing phase of labor.

Over the years I’ve fielded a lot of etiquette questions about baby showers . But one person says that 40+ people boycotted a baby shower because it was short and served only cupcakes, among other reasons: “The mother to be only wanted cupcakes and punch served at the baby shower, it was at 1:00 pm.

BEING pregnant can be an exciting prospect for a first time mother, and the thought of the little bundle at the end of nine months outweighs any issues doctors and previously pregnant friends can warn you about.

A comparison of home-birth trends of the 1970s finds many similarities - and some differences - related to current trends in home births.

There is a buzz gong around the tech sites that PrediBirth , a software package, can predict who will need a cesarean section before labor.

Christmas time is a time when families gather together, sometimes from miles and miles apart.

Molar pregnancy is an abnormal form of pregnancy in which tissue that normally develops into a fetus instead becomes an abnormal growth in the uterus.

Women who are pregnant for the first time and decide to have a home birth should be aware that there is a significantly higher risk of complications, compared to first time mothers who have the baby in an an obstetric or midwifery unit, researchers from Oxford University reported in the BMJ .

Man born without arms recalls life’s challenges. Alvin Law, born without arms as a result of his birth mother taking the drug Thalidomide during her pregnancy, recently spoke to more than 1,000 students and staff at Notre Dame Secondary School.

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After over a decade straight of climbing the cesarean section rate fell. Okay, fell is a huge word but considering the rise of the last 13 years, I’ll take the change that is so minuscule that it’s nearly negligible.

Shares of KV Pharmaceutical Co. shot up last week and posted their biggest gain in the last nine months after U.S. regulators said they are investigating pharmacies that make low-cost versions of the company’s drug which prevents premature births.