Pregnancy & Birthing

Beginning October 1, doctors and many other health care providers will begin using a new diagnostic code system. The new code system requires much more specificity, increasing the number ... Read More

Many parents will readily admit that parenting is the most challenging job they have ever had. According to a new study published in Demography, becoming a parent may make people less happy, ... Read More

According to the CDC, 450,000 babies (1 in 9) were born prematurely in 2012. Premature birth continues to be a serious public health problem, accounting for 35% of infant deaths and contributing ... Read More

For many women, pregnancy yields a near-constant fixation on health. Worries about nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle choices are common, and a range of public health campaigns endeavor ... Read More

Pregnancy loss and miscarriage are not common topics of conversation. Our society doesn’t like to talk about when a baby dies early in pregnancy. We don’t talk about the panic and fear ... Read More

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States 6.7 million women between the ages of 15 and 55 experience either problems getting pregnant or carrying ... Read More

Despite using protection, you have gotten pregnant; naturally, you are shocked. You are not happy with your boyfriend, he is not a person you want to parent with, and you’re wondering ... Read More

For decades, doctors have routinely clamped the umbilical cords of newborns moments after birth. Some parents now avoid immediate clamping in favor of allowing the umbilical cord to remain ... Read More

As many as 25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, yet many people remain unaware of just how common the experience is. It’s commonplace not to reveal a pregnancy until the end of ... Read More

Miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss happen to men, too. Unfortunately, this reality isn’t well recognized or acknowledged. Instead, men are typically asked how their partners are ... Read More

Most estimates fall somewhere in the middle, but it is widely accepted that between 8% and 23% of all childbearing women will develop depression and/or anxiety during their pregnancies ... Read More

It’s the big question women and men who experience infertility or secondary infertility (infertility after the loss of a baby through miscarriage or stillbirth) ask: “I can’t have ... Read More