If you're pregnant, its natural to worry about complications like miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and gestational diabetes, even though chan...

Preterm labor (also called premature labor) is labor that begins before 37 weeks of pregnancy.

The mother's body can be the source of delivery complications like placenta previa or uterine rupture. If delivery problems do occur, your d...

Inducing delivery is fairly common. There are many reasons why a woman might have labor induced. If the baby is past the pregnancy due date...

Your baby is ready to be born - but there can still be problems with delivery. A breech birth, macrosomia, or cord prolapse can all require...

Preconception health care is care given to a woman before pregnancy to manage conditions and behaviors that could be a risk to her or her ba...

A new study shows that women are exercising less during pregnancy and are giving birth to larger babies as a result.

The effects of high blood pressure during pregnancy vary depending on the disorder and other factors.

Endometriosis symptoms can be nonexistent or quite painful, and can lead to female infertility and pregnancy complications. Endometriosis oc...

A chromosome abnormality reflects an abnormality of chromosome number or structure.