The Centers for Disease Control has issued a new protocol on Tuesday, asking doctors whose pregnant clients have recently travelled to areas affected with Zika virus to undergo testing for possible infection. They are also warranted to ask for manifestations of certain symptoms.
Just before pregnant mothers crave for French fries or potato salads, you might want to consider this emerging research. A new study suggests that expectant mothers who consume plenty of potatoes might potentially develop gestational diabetes.
A meta-analysis of previous studies claim that expectant mothers taking the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil, Seroxat) during the early stages of their of pregnancy can result to birth defects. Result is particularly high during the first trimester.
It is believed that practicing yoga among expectant mothers especially during their third semester is contraindicated but this new study debunks previous notions and encourages its practice.
The ambitous project to reduce the maternal deaths globally is still on the move with a new target. In 1990 about 532,000 deaths are connected to pregnancy and childbirth up to six weeks after birth.
By the age of forty-five, two out of every five women has had an abortion. Perhaps it is the significance of this number that makes the abortion debate so heated.
Elisabeth Bing, co-founder of Lamaze International who popularized what was known as natural childbirth and changed how women and doctors approached the delivery room, died Friday in her New York apartment at the age of 100. The cause of her death wasn't immediately known.
According to a new study, the use of prescription narcotic painkillers is common during pregnancy but it can increase the likelihood that a baby will be born early or small, or the baby could go through potentially painful withdrawal symptoms after birth.
Remember, there are all kinds of addictions. A woman claims that she is addicted to being pregnant and that she is in a rush for being pregnant as many times as she could until her womb falls off.
A new study suggests that despite concerns of exposure to mercury, pregnant women that eat a lot of fish may not harm their unborn child. In fact, it could help prevent fetuses from having developmental issues later, as has been previously believed.
How much time did you have to prepare for the arrival of your first child? A woman from Massachusetts gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday barely an hour after she discovered she was pregnant.
According to reports, Weymouth town resident Katherine Kropas, 23, sought treatment at South Shore Hospital on Tuesday morning for worsening back pain. Physicians had a difficult time tracing the source of her pain, that is, until they decided to run an ultrasound test and found Kropas was with child.