The United States has received another barely passing pregnancy health grade from the March of Dimes after another year in which one out of 10 babies were born prematurely. New research in Sweden has ...

Researchers have characterized, in exacting detail, the rapid series of events that transform a single fertilized cell into a living, complex being. The work not only has enabled the team to explore ...

At 4 months pregnant, you've officially entered the second trimester of pregnancy. Your baby is growing, so you may start ...

From a diaper bank in South Carolina to a community clinic in Florida and a village in India, pregnant women are getting a ...

UCSF’s Program in Craniofacial Biology (PCB) brings together researchers to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying craniofacial development and birth defects, such as cleft lip and ...

New research tracks how THC exposure during pregnancy disrupts fetal brain development and leads to sustained structural ...

A team from the Douglas Research Centre found that high cannabis use during pregnancy can cause delays in fetal brain ...

At her first prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, Shana Westlake of Beacon, New York, remembers entering her OB-GYN's office full of anxiety. "They took my blood pressure, and it was ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...