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Many doctors have long urged pregnant women to pay attention to fetal kicks. They signal the health of the baby and can also help in preventing stillbirths.

Against all odds, a mother is desperately trying to find a connection with her premature baby. Survival is all that matters.

A new study provides some of the strongest evidence yet that using an antidepressant like Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft during the final two trimesters of pregnancy may be linked to a higher risk of autism spectrum disorder for the child.

Softening of the skull bones in normal-appearing newborns is tied to a vitamin D deficiency in the womb.

The birth weight of boys is about 100 g heavier than the birth weight of girls, and this seems to be consistent across populations. Researchers have attempted to solve the puzzle as to why baby boys are so much bigger at birth than baby girls and their mothers eat more during pregnancy.

Some children born to mothers with type 1 diabetes may be predisposed to developing the far more common type 2 diabetes as adults, according to a latest report.

Many doctors have long urged pregnant women to pay attention to fetal kicks. They signal the health of the baby and can also help in preventing stillbirths.

Against all odds, a mother is desperately trying to find a connection with her premature baby. Survival is all that matters.

A new study provides some of the strongest evidence yet that using an antidepressant like Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft during the final two trimesters of pregnancy may be linked to a higher risk of autism spectrum disorder for the child.

Softening of the skull bones in normal-appearing newborns is tied to a vitamin D deficiency in the womb.

The birth weight of boys is about 100 g heavier than the birth weight of girls, and this seems to be consistent across populations. Researchers have attempted to solve the puzzle as to why baby boys are so much bigger at birth than baby girls and their mothers eat more during pregnancy.

Some children born to mothers with type 1 diabetes may be predisposed to developing the far more common type 2 diabetes as adults, according to a latest report.