Family Health Articles

Fetal distress is a scary term to describe a situation in which your baby is having trouble it can happen during pregnancy, but fetal distress is much more common during...

Birth centers come in many shapes and sizes, from hospital birth centers staffed by Certified Nurse Midwives to birth centers in which only your midwife will be present when you...

Who doesn't like shopping for babies? When someone you know your wife, sister, daughter, or friend, for instance is expecting a baby, it is all too easy to get carried...

One of the things that pregnant women are most scared of when they think about their upcoming birth is having an episiotomy cut. Whenever you see labor and delivery on...

A first plane journey with a young infant can be daunting and stressful. Actually, riding a car with a small baby can be a challenge so a long plane trip...

It isn't really that long ago that expectant fathers were expected to nervously pace up and down the hall in the hospital, while their wives were in labor. Now, the...

A D&C, dilation and curettage, is the procedure of widening the cervix and then partially removing the uterine lining and other contents of the uterus. It is used as a...

Are you having trouble getting to the rest room in time weeks after you have given birth to your baby, or even months? Female incontinence after having a baby is...

Whether your doctor brought up the possibility of labor induction after you passed your due date or for medical reasons, or you are thinking about an elective induction yourself, there...

Miscarriage is, unfortunately, extremely common. Most miscarriages will begin on their own, and do not require active medical management. But in some cases, a miscarriage will not start after a...