Pregnancy is a beautiful phase and an excitement moment in a parents’ life specially for first-time parents. While the joy of ...

High-risk pregnancy doctor Shilpi Mehta-Lee joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about pregnancy. Do babies cry in the womb? How do ultrasounds work? What is Vanishing Twin Syndrome?

The request from child welfare authorities seemed harmless enough: Order a newborn drug test. Dr. Sharon Ostfeld-Johns and her hospital colleagues had done it countless times before. This time, ...

The test, a cell-free DNA test, uses a sample of the mother's blood to screen for certain conditions in the developing fetus ...

Pregnancy significantly affects the thyroid gland and its function due to increased metabolic needs. For example, a maternal body requires 40% to 100% more thyroid hormones to meet the needs of the ...

One out of every four known pregnancies ends in a miscarriage. Miscarriages often resolve on their own but some lead to dangerous complications. Abortion laws are affecting how physicians treat ...

In what doctors in Los Angeles are calling a "medical miracle," a mother gave birth to a baby boy shortly after discovering ...