A new study provides the most direct evidence that there exists a causal link between smoking during pregnancy and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Clinicians have long considered prenatal cigarette…

Stretching exercises may be more effective at reducing the risk of preeclampsia than walking is for pregnant women who have already experienced the condition and who do not…

The newest Clinical Bulletin from the American College of Nurse-Midwives reviews evidence relevant to providing oral nutrition to women in labor and concludes that drinking and eating during labor can…

Women who are stressed during pregnancy may pass some of that frazzlement to their fetuses in the form of increased sensitivity to allergen exposure and possibly future…

Mother and infant complications are worse in triplet and quadruplet pregnancies than in twin pregnancies, according to a report in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

“Triplets and quadruplets…

The COMT gene – known already for its role in schizophrenia – has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today’s advance on-line…

Pregnant women who are overweight or obese in the first trimester of pregnancy and those who have a greater change in body weight during pregnancy are more apt to have lengthier pregnancies…

More than half of women in France continue to drink alcohol during their pregnancies, according to a new French study. However, the researchers also found that most…

Being pregnant with a job is hard work. Not only is there that extra weight to carry around, but planning a happy and healthy pregnancy involves navigating tricky…

With Mother’s Day around the corner, the American Dental Association (ADA) wants to remind mothers-to-be that maintaining good oral health is an important part of overall health,…

Women who are underweight when they become pregnant have an increased risk of severe, potentially dangerous nausea and vomiting, a large study suggests.

Many women suffer “morning sickness”…

Indulging in chocolate during pregnancy could help ward off a serious complication known as preeclampsia, new research suggests.

Chocolate, especially dark chocolate, is rich in a chemical called theobromine, which…

Mothers born in India and Sri Lanka are three times more likely to suffer from extreme nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (hyperemesis gravidarum) than ethnic Norwegians.…

When you detect proteinuria in a pregnant woman, a number of conditions should come to mind. It can mean a lupus flair or suggest the presence of preeclampsia. But in…

For many women, the lovely images of life with a new baby don’t jive with their reality. Instead of feeling happy, they feel overwhelmed.

University of New Hampshire…

New research by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford provides the first evidence that a child’s sex is associated with the mother’s diet.…

Pregnancy rates could be doubled for couples undertaking fertility treatment, thanks to a revolutionary project being trialled by the University of Adelaide.

Researchers from the University’s Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology…

Human reproduction entails a fundamental paradox: although it is critical to the survival of the species, the process is relatively inefficient. Maximal fecundity (the probability of conception during one menstrual…

Early Pregnancy Loss
The incidence of pregnancy loss after implantation is high, estimated at 25 to 40 percent. Although many losses involve genetic abnormalities, there is often no known cause. Hormonal factors,…

Guidelines for the treatment of HIV infection during pregnancy have increasingly diverged from the general guidelines for HIV treatment: a less aggressive strategy has evolved for the management of HIV infection…

Labor is the physiologic process by which a fetus is expelled from the uterus to the outside world. Labor is defined as an increase in myometrial activity or, more precisely, a switch in…

tudies have shown that exercise has a positive effect on mothers-to-be, and no detrimental impact on their developing offspring. A new study further extends the…

Being stressed out during the first half of pregnancy may be unhealthy, but it won’t increase a woman’s risk of developing a serious complication known as preeclampsia, Dutch researchers have…

A new test for identifying a mismatch between the blood of a pregnant woman and her baby is accurate, feasible, and could substantially reduce unnecessary treatment,…

Pregnant women who are in a car crash are much less likely to lose the fetus or have complications if they are wearing a seat belt, according…