Pregnancy news
Teen pregnancy, abortion rates at record low, study says
Birth and abortion rates among U.S. teens fell to record lows in 2008 as increased use of contraceptives…
Think you can’t get pregnant? Try again, study says
Almost half of women who said they’d been struggling to get pregnant for at least a year ended…
Birth control recall raises risk of unplanned pregnancy
Pfizer Inc is reaching out directly to women consumers to warn them about its U.S. recall of one…
Carrying Multiples:-Triplets, Quadruplets, Quintuplets, Sextuplets
Multiple pregnancies occur when the uterus nurtures more than one fetus. Giving birth to twins is the most…
Study shows connection between birth weights and armed conflict
A new study shows pregnant women exposed to armed conflict have a higher risk of giving birth to…
Debate over who needs a thyroid check in pregnancy
Check-ups during pregnancy tend to focus around the waist. But there’s growing debate about which mothers-to-be should have…
Majority of B.C. women take prescription drugs during pregnancy: UBC study
Almost two-thirds of women in British Columbia filled at least one prescription at some point in their pregnancy,…
FDA advisers: Ortho Evra patch needs clearer label
U.S. drug advisers recommended that the label for Johnson and Johnson’s Ortho Evra birth control patch be simplified…
Pregnant women at low risk of complications can safely be offered a choice of where to give birth
Women with low risk pregnancies should be able to choose where they give birth, concludes a study published…
When does pregnancy begin? Doctors disagree
Though most doctors will give you a definition of when pregnancy begins, it’s not always the same one,…
High blood pressure and pregnancy: Short- and long-term consequences
Two studies from the Mayo Clinic presented during the American Society of Nephrology’s Annual Kidney Week provide new…
Poor sleep quality in first, third trimesters linked to preterm births
Poor sleep quality in both early and late pregnancy has been linked to an increased risk of delivering…
Screening Pregnant Women for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Is Cost-Effective
Reduced thyroid function during pregnancy can have adverse effects on both the mother and fetus, including increased risk…
Successful pregnancy possible after kidney transplant
A new study recently published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that the ability to successfully carry…
Exercise may not limit pregnancy weight gain
Exercising during pregnancy was safe for both moms and babies in a new study of heavy women in…
Folic acid supplements in early pregnancy may reduce the risk of severe language delay in children
Research has established that taking folic acid supplements during pregnancy reduces the risk of bearing a child with…
Folic acid in early pregnancy associated with reduced risk of severe language delay in children
Use of folic acid supplements by women in Norway in the period 4 weeks before to 8 weeks…
Battle between the placenta and uterus could help explain preeclampsia
A battle that brews in the mother’s womb between the father’s biological goal to produce the biggest, healthiest…
Chemotherapy during pregnancy does not seem to cause developmental problems in children
Children born after their mothers were treated with chemotherapy during pregnancy appear to be unaffected by the experience…
Low-fat yoghurt ‘child asthma risk’ during pregnancy
Pregnant women who eat low-fat yoghurt can increase the risk of their child developing asthma and hay fever,…
