Feb. 3, 2025 — A new study finds that pregnant individuals who were unable to have their desired emotional support persons present during childbirth were more likely to have higher levels of ...

"I feel bad for those babies," one person wrote. "They are going to grow up being pitted against each other instead of having ...

According to Bottemanne and Joly, brain imaging studies have shown that fathers can experience alterations in gray matter across many different brain regions. Gray matter is the cortical tissue that ...

An Alabama lawmaker has filed a bill that would allow pregnant women sentenced to incarceration in the state to defer their ...

Misty Copeland is opening up about pregnancy's impact on her body in a candid Instagram post, telling fans to 'embrace what ...

At a recent gathering of my book club, the conversation turned to our pregnancy and delivery stories. This was prompted by ...

Most animals, including other primates, give birth alone, but humans require assistance during childbirth due to the physiological complexities of the process. A new Dartmouth-led study finds that ...

Researchers at the London School of Economics looked at data from the Millennium Cohort Study and found that older moms, specifically those in their 30s, are more likely to give birth to intelligent ...

If a woman is pregnant at the time she is sentenced to incarceration, the bill mandates that the court include a term of ...

The CDC counts women who died while pregnant, during childbirth and up to 42 days after birth. Accidental deaths are excluded. The report found: The maternal death rate for white women dropped ...

Maternal health and quality of care are sensitive topics in the Inland Empire, with maternal death rates rising for certain ...

Women with gestational diabetes are at higher risk of cardiovascular disorders and mental health problems. But many don’t ...