Smoother Pregnancy

One of the most frequent questions I get is whether or not it is safe to dye your hair in pregnancy. Do you color your hair in pregnancy?…

Quickening is how we describe the first fetal movements. When does this happen and what can alter that time line?

Every baby lays in the pelvis a certain way. This will tell you a bit about labor, birth and how to help ease pain and speed labor.

The new science of epigenetics explains how genes can be modified by the environment, and a prime result of epigenetic inquiry has just been published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org): You are what your mother did not eat during pregnancy.

Forty-nine percent of 15-17-year-old women in Kingston, Jamaica, who were interviewed to identify risk factors for teen pregnancy reported having experienced sexual coercion or violence, and one-third stated that they had been persuaded or forced to participate in their first sexual experience.

If you’re looking for someone to share the ups and downs of pregnancy with, look no further than our expectant mothers clubs based on due dates. Simply choose month you’re…

A great collection of personal stories of how other people choose to tell their family and friends that they were pregnant. Share these special moments while gathering ideas of your own.

A great collection of personal stories of how other people choose to tell their family and friends that they were pregnant. Share these special moments while gathering ideas of your own.

Exposure to air pollution during early and late pregnancy may curb the normal growth of the developing fetus, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Pollutants from traffic may be particularly important, the research suggests. The authors base their findings on singleton births between 1999 and 2003 in the state of New Jersey, USA. During this period, 492,678 singleton babies were born in New Jersey.

Florida health officials on Wednesday marked National Minority Health Month by discussing the infant mortality among blacks, the Fort Meyers News-Press reports. According to the Florida Department of Health, black infants are 2.5 times more likely to die before their first birthdays than whites.