Up until now, the drug was only administered after birth but the doctors were permitted to give it to the mother with the baby still in the womb. The mother took the drug daily for six weeks while ...

The final weeks of pregnancy are a time of rapid development and preparation for birth. As your due date approaches, your ...

If what you eat during pregnancy can influence your baby’s future taste preferences, what’s the best approach to building a ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for ...

Between week 7 and week 12 of pregnancy, the foundations of your baby’s sex organs develop. If it weren’t for the male hormone testosterone, all babies would develop female sex organs.

Babies show positive responses to the smell of foods they were exposed to in the womb after they are born, according to a new study.

The revolutionary drug, called risdiplam, was taken by the mother during her 32nd week of pregnancy and is now part of the ...

Following the first-ever treatment for spinal muscular atrophy in the womb, physicians ... drug within the final six weeks of her pregnancy. After her birth, the baby was diagnosed with several ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl is defying the odds after becoming the first person to be successfully treated for a rare, often fatal genetic condition while still in the womb. The child was ...

Nakara Alston s story of delivering a baby who died shortly after birth following a botched abortion at a Planned Parenthood ...

Many people wrongly assume that cannabis use during pregnancy is safe. Research is increasingly documenting a host of serious ...