Pregnancy

Non-invasive prenatal screening tests carry a risk of false results, the FDA said in a safety communication Tuesday.

The FDA says it’s aware of cases where genetic prenatal screening tests reported a genetic abnormality, but later found the fetus was healthy.

The U_N_ Population Fund says new research shows that nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide — 121 million annually — are unintended, which it calls “a neglected crisis.”

At home births account for a little over 1% of all births in the U.S. but more women are choosing this option, especially because of the pandemic.

She had a rare condition called “placenta percreta” that turned her world upside down

New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women.

Researchers are looking at why rates of transmission of COVID-19 from mothers to their unborn babies is very low.

A new study raises the possibility that simply chewing sugarless gum might make a difference in reducing early births.

An effort to eliminate mandatory ultrasounds before abortions suffered a setback this week, but the issue is far from settled.

Nigerian medical student Chidiebere Ibe honed his art skills and then created multiple medical illustrations that depict Black people – and then his work went viral. What did it mean for other doctors to see those drawings? “I’ve never seen a medical illustration that actually showed a Black or brown mom and a baby. So I knew immediately that it...

U.S. health officials say Merck’s experimental COVID-19 pill is effective but they raised questions about its safety during pregnancy.

Emily Johnson couldn’t wait to meet her new baby, but little did she know she would give birth to him on her front lawn in a “surreal” experience that was captured on camera.

After a pregnancy, social media can create pressure for new moms to “snap back” to their pre-baby weight. But it’s important to understand that pregnancy changes moms’ bodies and those changes are normal, Dr. Rebekah Diamond explains.

Kyndal Nipper lost her baby in the final weeks of pregnancy after a seemingly mild case of COVID-19. Amanda Harrison had to be put on a ventilator and her baby was delivered two months early.

The CDC is urging pregnant women to be vaccinated, explaining they are at high risk for COVID-19 complications.

“Most people who are pregnant are generally young and generally healthy, so they don’t really expect that if they were to get this infection, that they could be as sick as we are seeing,” one doctor said.

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins has a message for the unvaccinated: “Let’s hit the reset button on all the misinformation you might have heard. Look at the data and I think you’ll be convinced this is something you want.”

COVID-19 is more dangerous for a pregnant woman, who is also more likely to be infected with the infectious Delta variant spreading. Yet only 23 percent of pregnant women have gotten the shot, according to the CDC. Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, says pregnant women shouldn’t wait – and get the shot to protect...

The University of Washington found COVID-19 vaccines are well tolerated by pregnant and nursing women in a study conducted among 17,000 respondents.

CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday that new data proved the mRNA coronavirus vaccines were safe and effective in pregnant people, with no impact on the risk of miscarriage or potential harm for parent or child.