Pregnancy Articles

Preeclampsia is a very serious pregnancy complication that is characterized by high blood pressure with protein in the urine. Other organs, frequently the kidneys, can be damaged by preeclampsia.

Plenty of scary and important decisions have to be made during pregnancy. In the grand scheme of things, the name you pick for your baby isn't really important, right?

A vanishing twin also called fetal reabsorption is a strange phenomenon. The pregnancy starts out as a twin pregnancy, but one of the twins is then partially or completely reabsorbed by the mother's body or the twin. The twin "vanishes".

Pregnancy tests have evolved quite a bit over the years. Not all that long ago, a live African clawed frog represented quite a revolutionary pregnancy-testing method. Sounds crazy, right?

Pregnancy messes with your body and mind alike.

Have you and your partner recently decided it's time to start trying for a baby, or are you just contemplating it? You may be surprised how much your life changes before you ever even see that positive pregnancy test.

Are you a teenage boy who just found out that your girlfriend is pregnant? You're bound to be terrified, and you probably don't feel like discussing all your feelings with your girlfriend, parents or friends.

Right after you give birth to your baby, they'll be placed on your chest.

Up to 50 percent of all pregnancies are unplanned. Of those, some are welcomed with open arms, others reluctantly accepted, and some just not wanted at all.

The placenta is an bloody, disk-shaped organ that forms from the outer layers of the fertilized egg and sustains your baby throughout pregnancy.