Pregnancy Articles

Your journey towards parenthood doesn't start with pregnancy itself it starts the moment you think about trying to conceive. Prenatal care and the right decisions about labor and delivery are important, but what you do before you ever get pregnant is just

This week, I read an article about labor and birth in Zimbabwe in the news. Apart from the $50 fee women need to pay to be admitted to hospital (a third of the average annual income), they are charged $5 for each scream.

Back when you were trying to conceive, you used to wait for the day on which your period would hopefully not show up, so you could take a pregnancy test.

Fatigue during pregnancy is very common. Many women find that heavy, all-encompassing tiredness is one of the very first pregnancy signs. This fatigue often sticks around during the whole of the first trimester.

Pregnancy is always life-changing, but there is something extra special about carrying twins. The moment you see those two little lives on the ultrasound monitor, everything gets doubly exciting.

What is easier going from zero kids to one, or from one to two? Many moms say that adding another baby was easier, since they already knew the ins and outs of caring for a tiny newborn and didn't experience that new-mom angst the second time around.

Remember hearing about three parent IVF before? Well, Britain is finally planning to go ahead with this controversial technique that aims to remove faulty mitochondria and literally gives a baby DNA from three people.

"What if the cord is wrapped around its neck?" Nuchal cords, or umbilical cords wrapped around the baby's neck, are one of the most terrifying birth scenarios for many expectant parents.

Anemia is a condition in which a person has an insufficient number of red blood cells, or the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells is insufficient. Though anemia can have various causes, a lack of iron is the most common reason for anemia.

A bill that would legally restrict abortion to the first 20 weeks after conception was passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives in the US.