Latest pregnancy Stories
Abortion bans could make maternal mortality so much worse in the US
Why were chainsaws invented? To help with childbirth.
A simple blood test could save new mothers. Why aren’t more doctors using it?
A new drug could help treat perinatal depression
6 pregnancy facts that will make you think twice about recent abortion bills
How to Create an Office Wellness Room Your Colleagues Will Love
We now know babies can be born with COVID-19 antibodies
Vaccines may help alleviate symptoms for people with long-COVID
What pregnant, breastfeeding, and prospective parents should know about the COVID-19 vaccines
Pregnant people can—and should—get vaccinated against COVID-19
Pregnant women are at an increased risk of severe COVID-19, but there’s no need to panic
COVID-19 doesn’t have to jump from mother to newborn
All the conditions we know increase your risk of dying from COVID-19
How do we know if medicines are safe during pregnancies?
Should pregnant people not drink coffee? The answer is complicated.
Most Americans can’t afford fertility treatments anymore—so they’re going abroad
Black mothers face high death rates. Now they have to contend with climate change, too.
We’re still not sure how COVID-19 impacts pregnant people
Traveling midwives fill crucial health care gaps in rural US states
COVID-19 is separating parents from their newborns
Does coffee make you poop, or is that just me?
What pregnant people need to know about COVID-19
Why a decline in US birth rates could actually help our economy
Forceps changed the way people give birth
Frogs in tiny taffeta shorts paved the way for human in-vitro fertilization
Stigma against polyamory could put families’ health at risk
Among Hurricane Harvey’s many bad effects: riskier childbirth for women
America’s sexually transmitted disease rates are out of control
Marijuana during pregnancy might be as dangerous as alcohol
The weirdest things we learned this week: Nazis ate camel poop and pregnancy tests spread a fungal plague
The weirdest things we learned this week: labor-inducing salads and cat-eating coyotes
What running ultramarathons and giving birth tell us about the limits of human endurance
Common dietary supplements linked to miscarriages in rodents
Here’s exactly how restricting abortion harms public health
The U.S. could prevent more than half of its pregnancy-related deaths
Doctors can ignore your DNR order if you’re pregnant
A baby was born with her own twin growing inside her
A new drug for postpartum depression could help everyone
Every cigarette matters when you’re pregnant, a massive new study confirms
Folic acid might actually reduce the risk of autism
These Australian twins are the second ‘semi-identical’ pair ever reported
Oral yeast infection medications may be risky during pregnancy
Extreme weather can stress pregnant women—and their unborn babies
How to work out your pelvic floor (and why everyone should)
Unhealthy sperm can play a role in lost pregnancies
Air pollution might make it harder to get pregnant
The spookiest things we learned this week
The weirdest things we learned this week: birthing rabbits, gruesome taxidermy, and the Parthenon’s best-kept secret
The weirdest things we learned this week: eating your own twin, embalmed milk, and levitating frogs
We’re really bad at making babies
Pregnant people get a lot of grief for the unhealthy habits we all share
There is no evidence that flu vaccines cause miscarriages
We know shockingly little about the effects of drinking during pregnancy
Pregnant women shouldn’t be afraid to take antibiotics
Fun facts about giraffe sex to keep you occupied while you wait for that giraffe baby
What pregnant women actually need to know about herpes
Pregnancy actually re-wires your brain
What IUDs are, how they work, and why you might want to get one
Women Without Appendixes Or Tonsils Are More Likely To Get Pregnant
Hormones Can Change Your Skin Tone
Should Sexually Active Women Really Avoid Alcohol If They’re Not On Birth Control?
Scientists Manually Transmit Mom’s Microbiome To C-Section Babies
Myth No More: Dad Bod Is Real
Turning Back The Biological Clock