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Higher birthweights are linked to increased blood pressure in African-American but not white children, reports a study in the September Journal of the American Society…

Water aerobics can help ease the pelvic and back pain that plague many women during pregnancy, Swedish researchers report.

Among healthy pregnant women, those who did water aerobics once a…

In vitro fertilization (IVF), a popular type of test tube fertility technique, is less likely be successful in the mother’s eggs have been frozen and stored, researchers report…

A pregnant robot will offer a helping hand to student midwives, as they learn to cope with the most complex of births before ever meeting a real mother.

Sheffield Hallam University…

Until recently, the option to breastfeed after birth was not offered to women with nipple piercings. While there may have been assumed implications to breastfeeding when pierced, limited documentation exists.

Now, there exist…

In the first 24 hours after birth, nearly every newborn in the United States is subjected to a painful, but routine heel prick or needle stick to screen the blood for disease…

Scientists know that children of women who smoke during pregnancy can develop hearing-related cognitive deficits.

For the first time, researchers believe they have evidence that not…

Advisers working at some federally funded pregnancy resource centers mislead pregnant teens about the risks of abortion, falsely telling callers it raises the risk of breast cancer, infertility and mental illness,…

Women who have sexual intercourse during late pregnancy are more likely than abstinent women to have a spontaneous delivery at 38 to 40 weeks’ and less likely to…

As many as 90% of mothers experience nausea during pregnancy, and about half that number vomit.

Although it is more common in the first three months…

A University of Illinois at Chicago study reveals a link between smoking during pregnancy and very early child behavior problems.

The research, published in the July/August issue…

At 29 weeks pregnant, Shelly Fabrizio tries to stay fit. She has switched from jogging to walking to ease the stress on her body, takes a…

Pregnant women with fibromyalgia (FM) experience significant pain, fatigue and psychological stress, symptoms that are often misdiagnosed or under treated as a normal part of pregnancy, according to a…

HIV positive women are much more likely to suffer from anaemia and high blood pressure in pregnancy and deliver babies…

British scientists said on Monday they have developed a new rapid screening test using DNA fingerprinting to detect genetic disorders in embryos.

Instead of searching for an altered gene…

The arrival of a newborn is an exciting and truly life altering experience for any new parent. For Lindsay Beck, the Founder and Executive Director of Fertile…

Fertility specialists are pushing for tighter controls to reduce the number of multiple births from IVF treatments, a leading expert said on Sunday.

The number of twins and triplets has risen…

Australian hospitals are bracing for a baby boom in July as expectant mothers try to delay imminent births to take advantage of a new welfare payment, researchers said Monday.

A new study conducted by researchers at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), in close collaboration with scientists at the National Institute of Perinatology in Mexico, is the first to show…

The woman was hospitalized in March after suffering the rupture of a cerebral aneurysm, and she was soon declared brain dead, the hospital said. She spent 78 days in…

Toxoplasma gondii infection is a protozoan infection to which most adults have antibody protection. When immunocompetent adults do become infected, they are usually asymptomatic or experience only mild constitutional symptoms and lymphadenopathy. Primary infection during pregnancy,…

Cytomegalovirus. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common congenital viral disease in the United States. From 0.2% to 2.2% of all infants acquire infection during the perinatal period. The consequences of this infection can be devastating…

Gonorrhea and Chlamydia. Infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae and/or Chlamydia trachomatis may have a deleterious effect on both mother and fetus, including preterm delivery, premature rupture of membranes, chorioamnionitis, and postpartum infection. Because of these…

Approximately 7% of healthy pregnant women have mild to moderate thrombocytopenia (platelet count 80 to 150 × 10⁹ per liter). Neither these women nor their offspring manifest abnormal bleeding. This condition has been designated incidental…