Pregnancy

Professor Khiara Bridges went viral this week after her exchange with Sen. Josh Hawley during a hearing on abortion rights. She called out the Missouri senator for transphobia after he questioned Bridges’ use of the term “people with a capacity for pregnancy.” That term is more inclusive of trans and nonbinary people who are capable of getting pregnant, explains Leslie...

Expectant mom Brandy Bottone got a ticket in Dallas, Texas recently, for driving in the HOV (carpool) lane with fewer than 2 people in the vehicle. But Bottone argued that her unborn child should count as her second passenger. The county sheriff’s officers who ticketed her did not buy it. Bottone joins LX News Now to share her story of...

The musician, who uses she/they pronouns, penned the essay for Vogue on July 1 and candidly discussed the birth of her first child, Ender Ridley, and the health issues they struggled with leading up to their son’s birth.

A couple expecting their second child got a big surprise when they found out they were also expecting their third in a rare case of superfetation — getting pregnant while already pregnant.

Non-invasive prenatal screening tests carry a risk of false results, the FDA said in a safety communication Tuesday.

The U_N_ Population Fund says new research shows that nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide — 121 million annually — are unintended, which it calls “a neglected crisis.”

She had a rare condition called “placenta percreta” that turned her world upside down

New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women.

A new study raises the possibility that simply chewing sugarless gum might make a difference in reducing early births.

Nigerian medical student Chidiebere Ibe honed his art skills and then created multiple medical illustrations that depict Black people – and then his work went viral. What did it mean for other doctors to see those drawings? “I’ve never seen a medical illustration that actually showed a Black or brown mom and a baby. So I knew immediately that it...

U.S. health officials say Merck’s experimental COVID-19 pill is effective but they raised questions about its safety during pregnancy.

Emily Johnson couldn’t wait to meet her new baby, but little did she know she would give birth to him on her front lawn in a “surreal” experience that was captured on camera.

After a pregnancy, social media can create pressure for new moms to “snap back” to their pre-baby weight. But it’s important to understand that pregnancy changes moms’ bodies and those changes are normal, Dr. Rebekah Diamond explains.

Kyndal Nipper lost her baby in the final weeks of pregnancy after a seemingly mild case of COVID-19. Amanda Harrison had to be put on a ventilator and her baby was delivered two months early.

An unvaccinated woman is the first pregnant San Diego woman to die from COVID-19, county health officials said.

“Most people who are pregnant are generally young and generally healthy, so they don’t really expect that if they were to get this infection, that they could be as sick as we are seeing,” one doctor said.

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins has a message for the unvaccinated: “Let’s hit the reset button on all the misinformation you might have heard. Look at the data and I think you’ll be convinced this is something you want.”

COVID-19 is more dangerous for a pregnant woman, who is also more likely to be infected with the infectious Delta variant spreading. Yet only 23 percent of pregnant women have gotten the shot, according to the CDC. Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, says pregnant women shouldn’t wait – and get the shot to protect...

The University of Washington found COVID-19 vaccines are well tolerated by pregnant and nursing women in a study conducted among 17,000 respondents.

CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday that new data proved the mRNA coronavirus vaccines were safe and effective in pregnant people, with no impact on the risk of miscarriage or potential harm for parent or child.