Family Health Articles

For most newly breastfeeding mothers, the main problems are sore nipples and engorged breasts. Engorged breasts feel heavy, hard and may be painful to the touch. These breasts feel like...

An increasing number of single women are choosing to have their eggs frozen to increase the potential success rates of fertility treatments they may be having at a later age...

Are you about to have IVF? Congratulations! You are likely to have dealt with a long period of infertility and struggling to conceive, and have been through the "medical mill"...

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...

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...

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...