Informational Health Articles

A twin pregnancy carries more medical risks than a singleton gestation, and that risk goes up with each additional baby. Women who conceived triplets, whether naturally or with the help...

Are you in the United Kingdom, pregnant, and intending to deliver your baby on the NHS? Although the National Health Service has a pretty grim reputation, pregnant women have many...

Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) refers to a situation where a baby is not growing at a usual rate in the womb. Fetuses do vary in size, and Intrauterine Growth Restriction...

Few women feel like exercising right after giving birth. But, you may also be very eager to get back in shape and wondering when you can start working out. Of...

A good breakfast sets you up for the day and that is never more true than when you have just given birth. When you are up with your sweet newborn...

There are many ways to induce a woman's labor or to augment it, when that becomes medically necessary. These induction methods, include Pitocin, breaking a woman's bag of waters, or...

Plenty of couples from all over the globe have gender preferences when it comes to the baby they are trying to conceive. Sometimes, couples would really like to conceive a...

Oligospermia is the medical term for a low sperm count, which means that a man does have sperm in his ejaculate, but in lower numbers than normal. Men who have...

One courageous American woman delivered her baby just after taking part in a marathon! During the marathon, her contractions got closer and closer together, but she didn't stop running. You...

The NuvaRing is a flexible plastic ring that is inserted in the vagina for three weeks at a time to prevent pregnancy. This birth control method works in a way...