Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Canva/Motherly There is a reason people call the second trimester the sweet spot. For many, morning sickness settles, ...

While another of the life-altering experiences of having a child is finding out the age-old question—boy or girl—many parents choose to take advantage of modern-day imaging and find out during the ...

A new analysis has found that some second trimester markers for Down's syndrome that are detected by ultrasound are more telling than others. The study's results will help adjust pregnant women's ...

The goal of prenatal care is to ensure that you and your baby remain healthy during your entire pregnancy. Ideally, prenatal care starts as soon as you think you're pregnant. Your health care provider ...

The second trimester of pregnancy often brings a renewed sense of well-being. The worst of the nausea has usually passed, and your baby isn't big enough to make you too uncomfortable. Yet more ...

Pregnancies complicated by hyperemesis gravidarum in the second trimester of pregnancy are at a much higher risk of associated placental dysfunction disorders such as placental abruption and small for ...

When working out, going from zero to 100 is never a good idea. It's especially not a good idea when you're pregnant. "The ability for your vascular system to react quickly is not the same as it ...

Reports of newborns with fetal distress and stillbirth after maternal contraction of the virus during the third trimester suggest that there may be a Covid-19 induced placental infection. The report ...

Medical termination of pregnancy (mTOP) in the second trimester was considered safe and not significantly associated with the risk for future spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). "Second-trimester ...

While autism is almost certainly the result of a combination of contributing factors, from genes to environmental exposures such as pollution, scientists say some of those influences may start during ...