Indeed the Maori's use the same word, whenua to mean land and placenta. By burying the placenta and umbilical cord in the soil, sometimes under a tree, parents cement their baby's link to mother earth ...

After an Israeli airstrike left mom-to-be Raneem Hizaji badly injured, doctors performed an emergency C-section. It took ...

When Suzy Mack was told while just 17 weeks pregnant that her baby had no amniotic fluid because of a preterm premature rupture of membranes, doctors offered two options: inducing labor and ...

"Everyone else got to make the rules for raising their babies—why is it any different for us?" new mother Devon has asked.

A mother decided to help another woman in need by agreeing to attend her baby shower – even though they’d never met. Jessica Lorena shared the story on Tiktok, saying that a mother-to-be had ...

In case you can’t get enough of the little pygmy hippo Moo Deng from Thailand, there’s now an official song featuring the ...

Mother Baby Connections, a specialty service of the Drexel Psychological Services Center, is the only intensive outpatient program of its kind in the Philadelphia area. Our program offers individual ...

However, as Dr. Kolega explains, uterine tachysystole - or excessive uterine activity - is an adverse effect of oxytocin administration and may put harmful stress on mother and baby alike.

A mother and nine-month-old baby were rescued by firefighters from a flat in Derbyshire after it went up in flames. Fire crews were called to the property on the A5250 Burton Road in Derby on ...

Police have said they are "very concerned" for the wellbeing of a woman and her baby, who have been reported missing. Destiny Darkhill, 23, and her six-month old daughter were last seen in Cardiff ...

It's always a good idea for any couple to think ahead and prepare for pregnancy, so Mom and baby can be as healthy as possible. When facing the potential for Rh disease, as you two are ...

With recommendations on everything from supplements to early education, here Checklist's top brands for both mother and baby this month. Expert guidance for families, from pregnancy to schooling ...