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December 22, 2015

Skin-to-skin 'kangaroo' infant care tied to better survival

Premature and underweight newborns may have better survival odds if they pass their days with their bare chests nestled directly against their mothers' breasts, a research review suggests.

December 22, 2015

Why first-time moms in their 30s have smarter babies

Think a mother's age at childbirth plays any role in her child's intelligence?

December 21, 2015

For low-risk pregnancies, home births just as safe as hospital

When women have no major risk factors in pregnancy and give birth with a midwife, their risk of stillbirth, neonatal death or serious injury to the baby are the same whether delivering at home or in a hospital, a new Canadian study finds.

December 18, 2015

Mom correctly predicted her own death— but survived

When Stephanie Arnold suffered an amniotic fluid embolism (which happens in only one in every 40,000 pregnancies) mere seconds after the birth of her second child in May 2013, she died.

December 18, 2015

NBA player uses headphones to help deliver fiancee's baby

Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert showed he has more than basketball skills by calmly delivering a baby girl when his fiancee unexpectedly went into labor.

December 16, 2015

Maine mother donates 92 gallons of preterm breast milk after pregnancy loss

When Amy Anderson lost her newborn Bryson in 2010 when she was 20 weeks pregnant, she was numb.

December 16, 2015

In Germany, birthrate peaks while mothers become older

German women gave birth last year at the highest rate since the country's reunification in 1990 with 1.47 births per woman, the Federal Statistics Office said on Wednesday.

December 16, 2015

Smoking, secondhand smoke tied to infertility and early menopause

Smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke is tied to infertility in women and early menopause, according to a new study.

December 14, 2015

Antidepressants in pregnancy tied to autism

Women who take antidepressants during pregnancy may be more likely to have children with autism, a Canadian study suggests.

December 14, 2015

Surrogate defies birth parents' abortion demand

A second surrogate mom carrying triplets and being pressured to abort one of her fetuses is sticking to her guns in a desperate bid to save the unborn child.