BABY WHO WAS DECLARED DEAD AND WOKE UP ON THE WAY TO HIS FUNERAL HAS NOW DIED

Delhi police said they had collected hospital records for the mother andA treatment records for the newborn babies... READ MORE›

TOOK OVER A YEAR TO SEE IF UTERUS TRANSPLANT LED TO FIRST SUCCESSFUL U.S. BIRTH AFTER PROCEDURE

The transplanted uterus can be removed after birth or could remain if the woman wants another pregnancy... READ MORE›

FOUR OUT OF FIVE FULL-TERM BABY DEATHS IN UK COULD BE PREVENTED, SAYS STUDY

The group, led by experts at Oxford and Leicester universities, based their findings on an in-depth analysis of what went wrong with 78 of the 225 deaths in 2015... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA COUPLE SEEKS TRUMP'S HELP TO SAVE THEIR UNBORN QUINTUPLETS

Chad and Amy Kempel are currently battling with their health care provider Kaiser Permanente to send them to an out-of-network high-risk pregnancy specialist in Arizona... READ MORE›

DOCTORS PERFORM SURGERY ON UNBORN BABY

Spina bifida is a serious spinal abnormality that can have a profound impact on a person's quality of life... READ MORE›

DOCTORS DEVELOP 'TRANSFORMATIONAL' NEW DNA TEST FOR DOWN'S SYNDROME

Joseph Aquilina, a consultant obstetrician at Barts Health NHS Trust, one of the five units that tried reflex DNA screening, said it was transformational ... READ MORE›

'MOTHERS ARE DYING FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN PREGNANCY'

New mothers Identifying women at risk of perinatal mental health issues... READ MORE›

'I AM COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY DEVASTATED'

I am completely and utterly devastated, Sandra Cullivan said... READ MORE›

POSTNATAL DEPRESSION LESS LIKELY AFTER WINTER OR SPRING BIRTHS

At least 10 percent of women experience some degree of anxiety or depression after giving birth... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS RESULTING IN MICROCEPHALY LIKELY MUTATED AROUND 2013, STUDY SAYS

The report in the U.S. journal Science explains for the first time how this once relatively harmless virus transformed into a global health threat... READ MORE›

IVANKA TRUMP REVEALS STRUGGLES WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

Ivanka Trump revealed in a television interview that she struggled with postpartum depression after the births of her three children... READ MORE›

PREMATURE BABY WHOSE MOM CHOSE GIVING BIRTH OVER CHEMO HAS DIED

Sonya Nelson said her niece, Life Lynn DeKlyen, died Wednesday evening at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor... READ MORE›

US FUNDING CUTS AND THE IMPACT ON SYRIAN REFUGEE WOMEN

Months later and the US flags are still dotted throughout Zaatari's maternity clinic on doors, walls, staff uniforms... READ MORE›

BABIES BORN ON BACK-TO-BACK DAYS OUTSIDE SAME BURGER KING

Denville police say they were called to the restaurant Friday night for a woman going into labor... READ MORE›

ADVICE TO CUT ALL DRINKING DURING PREGNANCY BASED ON GENERALLY WEAK' EVIDENCE

Experts have welcomed a review that has found very limited evidence that light drinking in pregnancy harms unborn babies... READ MORE›

THE DAY I BECAME A MUM

It's 10 10pm. I've just hauled my weary five-days-overdue body off the couch, foregone the idea of replacing my clothes with pyjamas because if I can't s..... READ MORE›

BABY OF INDIAN RAPE VICTIM, 13, DIES

She too was 32 weeks pregnant, but she was denied permission to abort after a doctors' panel said that termination of her pregnancy would be too risky ... READ MORE›

WOMAN DELIVERS BABY IN MIAMI HOME AS IRMA RAGES

A healthy baby girl was born in Miami on Sunday, even though overwhelmed first responders couldn't reach her mom before the stork did, officials said... READ MORE›

WOMAN WHO CHOSE BABY INSTEAD OF CHEMOTHERAPY HAS DIED

Nick DeKlyen tells The Associated Press that his wife, Carrie DeKlyen, died early Saturday surrounded by family... READ MORE›

MIAMI HOSPITALS PREPARE FOR SURGE IN BIRTHS DURING HURRICANE IRMA

When Houston was hit by Hurricane Harvey, the number of women who gave birth spiked... READ MORE›

FLORIDA HOSPITALS STUFF PREGNANT WOMEN IN HALLWAYS AHEAD OF IRMA

Pregnant women across Florida are hunkering down in hospitals just in case they go into labor while Hurricane Irma strikes the Sunshine State... READ MORE›

BABY BORN ON FLIGHT GETS FREE TICKETS FOR LIFE

The bouncing baby boy happily, but rather surprisingly, arrived in the world with the help of the flight's cabin crew... READ MORE›

INDIAN GIRL 10 RAPED AND DENIED AN ABORTION GIVES BIRTH

Indian Girl, 10, Who Was Raped and Denied an Abortion Gives Birth... READ MORE›

BIRTHS TO OLDER MOMS ON THE RISE

Kris says it perfectly, Krajchir-Tom said of her husband, Kristopher Tom... READ MORE›

FATHER OF SUPERSTORE BABY SAYS MOTHER DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS PREGNANT

Halifax mother who gave birth in Superstore didn't know she was pregnant... READ MORE›

'WORLD'S SMALLEST BABY' NOW THRIVING AT NINE MONTHS OLD

Emilia Grabarczyk was born via caesarean section at 25 weeks, and is believed to be the smallest ever baby to survive such an early delivery... READ MORE›

It is the most detailed medical examination your baby will have during pregnancy... READ MORE›

TEEN BIRTH RATE DROPS TO ALL-TIME LOW IN US

Both Verbiest and Berlan see access to health care as crucial to achieving the best results for women's health, particularly pregnancy and birth... READ MORE›

JANET JACKSON, 50, GIVES BIRTH TO A BOY, EISSA AL MANA

Singer Janet Jackson has, at 50, given birth to her first child, a boy, her publicist confirms... READ MORE›

INDIA MEDIA STORM OVER 10-YEAR-OLD PREGNANT RAPE VICTIM

The case of a 10-year-old left pregnant after rape has shocked India and seen the family hounded... READ MORE›

'DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE' CARE DRIVING MIDWIVES OUT OF NHS

RCM survey reports inadequate staffing levels, bullying, poor working conditions and fears of making 'tragic mistakes'... READ MORE›

NHS TO CREATE SPECIALIST CENTRES FOR CHILDBIRTH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

The money will be put into new community mental health units solely for women with perinatal mental health problems in 20 parts of England... READ MORE›

HER LIFE FLUTTERS, PAUSES AND DISAPPEARS. IN A TIME OF PLENTY, SHE DIES OF HUNGER

Her mother runs her thumb along Canab's collarbone and into the soft of her neck, constantly checking her pulse... READ MORE›

'MIDWIFERY IS A CALLING, NOT A PROFESSION'

Roughly 800 women and more than 8,000 newborns die every day, due to largely preventable complications during and after pregnancy and childbirth... READ MORE›

BABY DELIVERED BY C-SECTION AFTER ATTACK ON MOTHER CAN BE CONSIDERED HOMICIDE VICTIM

This means the attacker could be charged with murder, even though the stabbing occurred while a fetus and not legally considered a human being... READ MORE›

BABY SELLING INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARRESTS IN MALAYSIA

A woman and two men were arrested on Wednesday after police raided clinics and homes on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE›

PREMATURE BABY 'LEFT TO DIE ALONE IN ROOM FOR DISPOSAL OF MEDICAL WASTE' AT NHS HOSPITAL

A premature baby was left to die in a sluice room at a failing NHS Trust hospital in Manchester... READ MORE›

WHY IS AMERICAN HOME BIRTH SO DANGEROUS

This second class of poorly trained midwives attend the majority of American home births... READ MORE›

SPANISH 64-YEAR-OLD GIVES BIRTH TO HEALTHY TWINS IN BURGOS

In recent years, El Pais reports, two other Spanish women in their 60s have given birth to healthy babies... READ MORE›

UK MIDWIFE SHORTAGE LEAVES WOMEN FEELING LIKE CATTLE, REPORT FINDS

She said The fact that half of women have experienced a red flag event is hugely worrying... READ MORE›

FEDERAL HEALTH MINISTER HAS EMOTIONAL MEETING WITH MEN SWITCHED AT BIRTH

Swanson and David Tait Jr. were switched at birth in 1975 when their mothers gave birth at Norway House Indian Hospital... READ MORE›

MATERNAL DEATHS WORLDWIDE DROP BY HALF, YET SHOCKING DISPARITIES REMAIN

Globally, caesarean section rates are rising, and medically unnecessary caesarean sections are prevalent, the authors report... READ MORE›

ADELE REVEALS HER BATTLE WITH POST-NATAL DEPRESSION AND HER FEAR OF HAVING ANOTHER CHILDA

Adele has revealed she suffered post-natal depression after giving birth to her son and now feels too scared to have another child... READ MORE›

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW MOTHERS CAN'T REACH A MIDWIFE, STUDY FINDS

The NCT's findings are contained in a survey it conducted alongside the National Federation of Women's Institutes of 2,500 women who gave birth between 2014 and mid-2016... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 800 WOMEN SUE NHS AND MANUFACTURERS OVER VAGINAL MESH IMPLANTS

More than 800 women are suing the NHS and the manufacturers of vaginal mesh implants after suffering serious complications... READ MORE›

GIANT PANDA IN FRENCH ZOO PREGNANT[1]

The female panda and her male partner Yuan Zi arrived in central France's Beauval zoo in January 2012... READ MORE›

CDC REPORTS 279 PREGNANT WOMEN WITH ZIKA IN U.S.

More than 270 pregnant women in the U.S. are also infected with the Zika virus, and are worrying about whether their babies will suffer birth defects... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN MUM REVEALS QUINTUPLETS IN PHOTO SHOOT

Local business Erin Elizabeth Photography, which helped document Mrs Tucci's pregnancy, organised the quintuplets' photo shoot... READ MORE›

CONFUSION OVER BABY'S NATIONALITY AFTER CABIN CREW HELP DELIVER BABY AT 42,000 FEET

A Turkish Airlines jet arrived at its destination with an extra passenger after cabin crew helped a woman give birth mid-flight... READ MORE›

SURVIVAL OF PREMATURE BABIES MORE LIKELY NOW THAN IN MID-1990S, STUDY SHOWS

No change was seen for less premature babies, with survival - and survival without severe disabilities - high in both studies... READ MORE›

DOCTOR FIGHT DURING OPERATION GOES VIRAL

But Dr Ranjana Desai, the superintendent of Umaid Hospital in Jodhpur, said this was inaccurate... READ MORE›