Inducing labour without a medical reason is associated with negative outcomes for the mother, including increased rates of caesarean delivery, greater blood loss and an extended length of stay in the hospital, and does not provide any benefit for the newborn. As the number of scheduled deliveries continues to climb, it is important for physicians and mothers-to-be to understand the risks ...

Pregnancy might be a beautiful miracle but it can also be an uncomfortable one, especially when you are experiencing the worst heartburn of your life. And ...

A new study in mice reveals how a mother's immune system helps to nourish her growing foetus, with help from the father's genes. The findings may provide insights into pregnancy disorders in humans, such as preeclampsia and recurrent miscarriage.

As the current whooping cough epidemic continues, Australian Health and Ageing Minister Nicola Roxon has reminded parents to protect their children with vaccinations, which can begin six weeks after birth.

In a study that was presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in San Francisco, researchers presented findings that showed that in rats, the use of magnesium sulfate (Mg) significantly reduced the neonatal brain injury associated with maternal inflammation or maternal infection.

In a study presented on 10 February 2011 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in San Francisco, researchers presented findings that show that folate intake before and during pregnancy does not protect Norwegian women against spontaneous preterm delivery.

In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in San Francisco, researchers presented findings that prove that the use of foetal heart rate monitors lowers the rate of infant mortality.

In the movies, we usually only ever see women giving birth on their back ... and then a baby pops out, completely clean and without looking like a raisin. So we can assume movies aren't to be relied on, which is why pregnant ...

A surgical procedure to repair a common birth defect of the spine, if undertaken while a baby is still in the uterus, greatly reduces the need to divert, or shunt, fluid away from the brain, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health and four research institutions.

Teenage girls and young women infected with HIV get pregnant more often and suffer pregnancy complications more frequently than their HIV-negative peers, according to new research led by Johns Hopkins investigators.