Pregnancy articles

What Does It Really Mean to Be 6 Weeks Pregnant?  The New York Times

So-called 'heartbeat' legislation restricting abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy has started a conversation about when most women actually learn that ...

Nike maternity leave: Following backlash, Nike will change its pregnancy policy in future athlete contracts  CBS News

Nike is updating its athlete contracts to protect female athletes' pay during pregnancy. The company faced backlash this week for cutting compensation during ...

UW to study marijuana use during pregnancy, effects on infants  KOMO News

SEATTLE – University of Washington researchers are recruiting pregnant woman to study the effects of prenatal marijuana use on an infants brain development.

Here’s What Could Happen If You Get Measles While Pregnant  Live Science

The measles can be dangerous for people of all ages, but the highly contagious virus poses a particular threat to pregnant women.

Woman accused of killing pregnant teen, cutting baby from womb faked pregnancy: prosecutors  Fox News

Chicago prosecutors have revealed new details in the gruesome killing of a young pregnant woman and the theft of her baby from her womb, according to a ...

Pregnancy and alcohol: state policies are backfiring, study says  Vox.com

Forty-three states have policies targeting pregnant women who drink. A new study says they're actually harming babies.

Nike and Pregnancy: Your Questions, Answered  The New York Times

On Mother's Day, New York Times Opinion published the video below showing that while Nike promotes gender equality in its ads, their sponsored athletes say ...

Missouri's House passes bill banning abortions at 8 weeks of pregnancy  NBC News

Missouri's Republican-led House passed a bill banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy with an exception for medical emergencies but not for rape or ...

Blurred lines: A pregnant man’s tragedy tests gender notions  The Washington Post

Doctors report a tragic case of a hospital not acting urgently when a pregnant transgender man arrived in labor that ended in a stillbirth.

Pregnant Amy Duggar Shows Off Her 19-Week Baby Bump: 'I See You!'  PEOPLE.com

Amy (Duggar) King has nearly hit the halfway mark of her first pregnancy! The reality star, 32, shared a 19-week baby bump photo to her Instagram on Thursday.

It's Time to Rethink the Demeaning Ways We Describe Pregnancy  TIME

It's time to let women redefine how we talk about their experiences—and provide alternatives to phrases like "knocked up"

Reasons a woman may not know she's pregnant at six weeks  CNN

Georgia is the latest US state to sign a bill that would ban abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks. Experts tell ...

How to treat onset acne and acne during pregnancy -  KUSI

SAN DIEGO (KUSI)- No one likes having acne, especially as an adult. However, adult acne is more common than most people would think. Dr. Melanie Palm ...

Six pregnancy facts that will make you think twice about recent abortion bills  Popular Science

On Tuesday, Alabama's Senate passed a bill almost completely banning abortion. The most extreme bill of its kind in the country, it comes on the tails of an ...

Big Bang Bosses Defend Controversial Pregnancy Twist: “It Felt Important to Us to Honor That Relationship”  Vanity Fair

A surprise reveal in the Big Bang Theory series finale felt notably out of step with one character's stance on pregnancy.

Victoria Azarenka: Two-time Grand Slam champion talks pregnancy and motherhood  BBC Sport

Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka tells the BBC she thought she would never play tennis again after falling pregnant in 2016.

Nurse mistakes pregnant transgender man as obese. Then, the man births a stillborn baby  USA TODAY

"This is an example of what happens to transgender people interacting with the health care system," Dr. Daphna Stroumsa said.

Go softly amid your pregnant employees  Business Day

Employers need to use the services of labour law experts to devise and implement detailed strategies.

Severe pregnancy sickness: 'I thought I was dying'  BBC News

Hannah is one of 5000 UK women to share their experience of extreme pregnancy sickness with BBC News.

These extreme athletes are proof that pregnant women don’t have to take it easy  The Washington Post

The day before Caroline George went into labor with her first child, she was skiing to the top of a mountain with her mother. Three generations of women, her ...

Eating Nuts During Pregnancy Tied to Brain Benefits in Baby  The New York Times

Eating nuts during pregnancy may lead to improved cognitive ability in children, Spanish researchers report. Their study, in the European Journal of ...

Ulcerative colitis and pregnancy: What is the link?  Medical News Today

Ulcerative colitis causes inflammation of parts of the digestive system. It is possible for women with ulcerative colitis to get pregnant, have a healthy pregnancy, ...

Lucy Wills discovered folic acid, an important vitamin for pregnancy  Vox.com

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that every woman of reproductive age get at least 400 micrograms of folic acid, a B vitamin, ...

Can You Prevent Pregnancy with the Pullout Method?  Scientific American

It starts with an age-old question: If a man pulls out before ejaculating, can a woman still get pregnant? In bedrooms, basements and the backs of cars worldwide ...

Ohio abortion "heartbeat bill": Pregnant 11-year-old rape victim couldn't get an abortion in Ohio after new Ohio abortion bill takes effect  CBS News

An 11-year-old girl in Ohio was allegedly raped by a 26-year-old multiple times, leaving her pregnant, according to police reports. A state law passed in April, but ...

Music to reduce scan time during pregnancy  Deccan Herald

Experts are banking on a new application to considerably reduce ultrasound scan time in pregnant women. Doctors at Vani Vilas Hospitals are looking at ...

Amy Schumer's takeaways from pregnancy  GMA

Amy Schumer recently gave birth to her first child, a healthy baby boy, Gene Attell Fischer.

Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi Says She's 'Miserable' Waiting for Third Baby's Arrival: 'You Have No Idea'  PEOPLE.com

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is ready to meet her baby boy — so much so that she's “annoyed” he will take two more weeks to arrive. “So I just got back from the ...

Treatment of Epilepsy in Pregnancy Varies Across Geographic Settings  Neurology Advisor

Refined guidelines may benefit the treatment and monitoring of epilepsy in pregnant women.

Ohio abortion, ectopic pregnancy bill: This Ohio anti-abortion bill says that ectopic pregnancies can be moved to the uterus — but that isn't scientifically possible  CBS News

An Ohio state representative introduced a new bill last month, which aims to prohibit insurance coverage of abortions that occur where the mother's life is not ...

Missouri Senate passes bill banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy  Fox News

The Missouri Senate passed a bill early Thursday to ban abortion eight weeks of pregnancy.

Woman faked pregnancy before killing teen, cutting baby from her womb: prosecutors  WGN TV Chicago

CHICAGO — Nearly a month before the murder of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, Clarisa Figueroa allegedly told her daughter, "I need help killing a pregnant ...

Amazon discriminates against pregnant women, seven lawsuits have said  Ars Technica

Over the last eight years, Amazon has faced at least seven lawsuits from pregnant women who worked at Amazon warehouses and say they were fired after the ...

Many women don't have a plan for their health after pregnancy  Fox News

A poll found that although nearly two-thirds of the 873 mothers were as concerned for their own well-being as their baby's, 26 percent didn't have a plan for ...

A Historian Looks at Pregnancy and Mothering Through the Ages  The New York Times

In “Mother Is a Verb,” Sarah Knott casts light on forgotten beliefs and practices that will help readers place their own views in cultural context.

Bumping in Black! Pregnant Chelsea Clinton Shows Off Baby Belly Alongside Husband Marc Mezvinsky  PEOPLE.com

Chelsea Clinton and husband Marc Mezvinsky are expecting their third child, who will join big brother Aidan, 3 next month, and sister Charlotte, 4½.

Missouri House passes ban on abortions after 8 weeks of pregnancy  The Daily Star-Journal

Missouri's House of Representatives today, Friday, May 17, passed House Bill 126, known as the Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act, banning abortions at eight ...

Prehistoric Native American Woman Shot With Four Arrows Died While Pregnant  Forbes

The distinctive burial and skeletal remains of a young Native American woman from prehistoric Pennsylvania intrigued an archaeologist studying in a museum: ...

A pregnant inmate came to term in jail. Lawyers say she was forced to give birth there — alone.  The Washington Post

A woman with a history of mental illness was forced to give birth alone in an isolated jail cell, the Broward County public defender says.

Royal baby: Looking back at Meghan's pregnancy  BBC News

A timeline of the Duchess of Sussex's pregnancy in photos.

The Internet Does Not Believe You're Pregnant  WIRED

Conspiracy theorists are obsessed with the wombs of celebrity women.

I'm A Pregnant CEO & Want Business Leaders To Stand Up For Abortion Rights  Yahoo Finance

In a few days, I'll reach full term with the baby I'm carrying. It is a girl and she is my fourth child. I didn't sleep last night. Not because of the endless heartburn ...

Road-Warrior Mama! Pregnant Christina Anstead Shows Off Her Baby Belly Next to a 'Bump' Sign  PEOPLE.com

"Today he's a MANGO," dad-to-be Ant Anstead captioned a snapshot of pregnant wife Christina Anstead showing off her 23-week baby bump.

The danger of being pregnant and black in America  The Guardian

In the US, women of color face more risks in pregnancy and childbirth than white women, and the reason for the disparity has become clear: racism.

Mothers' Microbes Modulate Metabolism During Pregnancy  Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

New research has found, using a mouse model, that microbes in the maternal intestine may contribute to impairment of the gut barrier during pregnancy.

New mums adore their post-pregnancy baby bumps and proudly show them off — just like Meghan Markle  The Sun

FOUR new mums explain why they are in no rush to return to their pre-baby weight and lose their tums.

What Do New State Abortion Laws Really Mean for Women?  The New York Times

The so-called fetal "heartbeat" laws ban abortion before many women even know they're pregnant.

Nurse assistant makes miraculous recovery after having a stroke during pregnancy  WBAY

She was 31 weeks along, and doctors made a tough decision in an extremely rare case so both her and her daughter could live.

An Antibiotic Shot May Prevent Some Infections of Pregnancy  The New York Times

Prophylactic antibiotics may help when women who are giving birth require the aid of forceps or vacuum extraction.

Pregnant at Oxford University: Juggling motherhood with studying  BBC News

You're studying at one of the world's top universities and then you get pregnant. What happens next?

Pregnant Marnie Simpson highlights her baby bump in a tight abstract print dress while filming  Daily Mail

The Geordie Shore star, 27, displayed her growing baby bump as she filmed scenes for her new reality show documenting her pregnancy journey in London on ...

'Womb shaming' barista tries to confiscate pregnant customer's coffee  Yahoo Movies

Anyone who has ever been pregnant will know how annoying it is to receive unsolicited advice from strangers. That's why social media users are outraged after ...

Nike to Add Pregnancy Pay Protections to Contracts of Female Athletes  The Daily Beast

Nike plans to add new language to their contracts for female athletes that would protect their pay during pregnancy, the company told The Wall Street Journal.

Texas woman who proclaimed pregnancy before being shot by officer wasn't with child, police say  Fox News

The Baytown Police Department is saying that a woman who screamed “I'm pregnant” before being shot by a police officer on Monday night was not actually ...

Family questions how inmate jailed 17 months got pregnant  ABC News

Relatives of a jailed Alabama woman are questioning how the woman became pregnant. Al.com reports 26-year-old Latoni Daniel has been jailed for 17 months ...

The hook effect: It is possible to be pregnant and get a negative pregnancy test  Kidspot

No, you're not going mad. Your pregnancy test could say 'negative' when your heart knows it's 'positive'.

'Little People, Big World' Star Tori Roloff Shares How Her Second Pregnancy Has Been "A Lot Harder"  GoodHousekeeping.com

'Little People, Big World' reality TV star Tori Roloff opened up on her Instagram stories about how her recent pregnancy is going and how it compares to her first ...

Family of pregnant Alabama jail inmate: 'We just want a fair investigation'  AL.com

With his sister locked away in an east Alabama jail, awaiting the birth of her child and facing a possible death sentence, Terrell Ransaw said his family wants ...

A sponsor of an Ohio abortion bill thinks you can reimplant ectopic pregnancies. You can’t.  The Washington Post

An abortion bill introduced in Ohio's legislature drew scorn this week for including misinformation about a dangerous medical condition that can affect pregnant ...

She was pregnant at 12. Now she has a message for lawmakers  CNN

Shannon Dingle was pregnant at 12 years old after being raped. Her powerful story of survival comes with a message to lawmakers.

What 'Six Weeks Pregnant' Really Means  Lifehacker

In the wake of a Georgia law banning abortions after five to six weeks of pregnancy, a few people—I'm not naming names—have shown that they have no idea ...

Police: Suspects plotted murder of pregnant teen for weeks  CNN

Two Chicago women accused of strangling a pregnant teen and cutting out her unborn baby used Facebook to find and their target, authorities said.

Pregnant man's tragedy tests gender notions - News  Peoria Journal Star

When the man arrived at the hospital with severe abdominal pains, a nurse didn't consider it an emergency, noting that he was obese and had stopped taking ...

Pregnancy Complications: Can Cannabis Harm a Fetus?  Project CBD

Should cannabis products include warning labels for pregnant women? Project CBD responds to call for public comment by California's Office of Environmental ...

Sun Is Also A Star Composer Interview: Pregnancy, Female Creative Teams  Hollywood Reporter

'The Sun Is Also A Star' composer Herdís Stefánsdóttir talks composing while pregnant, writing music for women-led projects, interning for Johann Johannsson ...

Fifi Box shares STUNNING new pregnancy photos  New Idea

Fifi Box has shared intimate new photographs capturing her pregnancy. Too cute! Watch how Fifi Box revealed to her daughters she's pregnant! Video Player is ...

Helping your cat accept your pregnancy and adapt to the changes baby will bring  ABC News

For five years, my Persian cat Keith has been my baby. But now I'm having a real human baby, and Keith is not OK with it. Countless times over the last six ...

Jenna Bush Hager pregnant: "Today" show co-host announced 3rd pregnancy — and reveals baby's gender  CBS News

Jenna Bush Hager has had a big month this April, stepping in as co-host of the fourth hour of NBC's "Today" show with Hoda Kotb, but she had more news to ...

Fortune 500 Boards, Taiwan Same-Sex Marriage, Nike Pregnancy: Broadsheet May 20  Yahoo Finance

Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Emma Hinchliffe here today. Nike will stop docking pay for pregnant athletes, Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage under ...

Woman delivers healthy baby girl without knowing she was pregnant  WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Cradling newborn Zaniya, April Green says she's looking forward to celebrating her first Mother's Day as a new mom. “She's lovable.

Julia Roberts Celebrated Pregnancy In Hawaii?  Gossip Cop

A tabloid claims Julia Roberts is expecting her fourth child and celebrated the pregnancy by going to Hawaii with husband Danny Moder. Gossip Cop can ...

Royal baby: How Meghan kept working through pregnancy  BBC News

The Duchess of Sussex continued carrying out her royal duties during her pregnancy.

No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, suggest researchers: Brain connectivity issues found in children who have experienced prenatal alcohol exposure  Science Daily

An international group of researchers has taken one of the first major steps in finding the biological changes in the brain that drive fetal alcohol spectrum ...

Meghan Markle Is Taking Her Pregnancy Into Her Own Hands  BuzzFeed News

The royal couple's decision to keep their pregnancy private is part of their broader strategy to control their own public narrative — media be damned.

Husband of pregnant woman found dead gets emotional  CNN

Yovani Lopez, the husband of the19-year-old pregnant woman who vanished last month and was found dead in a Chicago home, got emotional as he told ...

Cersei is lying about her pregnancy, one way or the other  The A.V. Club

If any woman on Game Of Thrones said she was pregnant no one would question it. But Cersei Lannister is not just any woman. Only a fool would take anything ...

Gospel star Kambua is pregnant  The Standard

Gospel singer and former TV host Kambua is pregnant. She took to her social media to break the good news to her fans. In the heartwarming post, she shared a ...

The Bizarre Cult of Meghan Markle Pregnancy Truthers  The Daily Beast

Like Beyoncé before her, the Duchess of Sussex has been targeted by online conspiracy theorists over her pregnancy, with those questioning it calling ...

Jenna Bush Hager reveals she had suffered an ectopic pregnancy: It was 'very isolating'  USA TODAY

Jenna Bush Hager is overjoyed to be expecting her third child, but says she's all too familiar with the "pain" that comes with pregnancy complications.

Jo Pavey: 'We should embrace pregnancy as athletes'  Sky News

Jo Pavey says that athletes should embrace becoming pregnant and not see it as the end of their career.

How a pregnancy pact documentary pitted two Lynnfield families against each other - Itemlive  Daily Item

LYNNFIELD — When Time Magazine reported 18 Gloucester teens got pregnant in an alleged pact in 2008, the local reporter who broke the story wanted to set ...

Olympic Gold Medalist Shawn Johnson Does First Pregnant Backflip: ‘I Peed Myself a Little’ — Watch!  Us Weekly

Shawn Johnson did her first backflip since her pregnancy announcement and admitted she peed herself 'a little' — watch the video.

External review over termination of pregnancy at NMH  RTE.ie

An external review is to be conducted by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Britain into the circumstances of a termination of pregnancy in ...

Blake Lively Is Pregnant With Her and Ryan Reynolds's Third Child  ELLE.com

Blake Lively made a true statement at the New York City premiere of her husband Ryan Reynolds's film Detective Pikachu: That she's pregnant with their third ...

Clay County Sheriff's Office report left out pregnancy of sheriff's ex-mistress  ActionNewsJax.com

The Clay County Sheriff is apologizing for “embarrassment my past personal decisions have caused.”

'Counting On': Are Any Other Duggar Women Secretly Pregnant Right Now?  The Cheat Sheet

There are a lot of babies due in 2019 in the Duggar fami;y. But they might not be done announcing yet.

Ocasio-Cortez: If male politicians could get pregnant, there'd be as many Planned Parenthood clinics as post offices | TheHill  The Hill

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) implied in a tweet Thursday that if male politicians could become pregnant, there would be more support for abortion ...

Teen pregnancy on the decline | News, Sports, Jobs  SalemNews.net

Parenting is challenging for those who believe they are prepared and ready for it. But sometimes things happen. Sometimes things happen to teens who still are ...

Krysten Ritter is glowing as showcases her pregnancy bump in cobalt dress alongside Adam Granduciel  Daily Mail

She was spotted stepping out for lunch with boyfriend Adam Granduciel at The Village in Los Angeles.

County drops birth control, pregnancy tests  Mail Tribune

After years of falling patient numbers, Jackson County Health and Human Services will stop providing birth control, women's annual exams and pregnancy tests.

Would You Let a Machine Named Violet Help You Get Pregnant?  The Daily Beast

A new startup claims it can help women get pregnant by using artificial intelligence to grade their eggs—a technology that could save couples thousands of ...

Pregnant Meghan Markle lookalike says she will call her baby Archie after her royal doppelganger  The Sun

Olivia Marsden, 23, from Greenwich, discovered she was expecting just a month before the Duchess of Sussex announced her pregnancy.

Ahlin: Women: The irrelevant participants in pregnancy  INFORUM

Alabama's Republican legislators are confident that the harsh abortion bill they've enacted will become the Supreme Court case to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Pregnant Amy Duggar Wears Her '1st Pair of Maternity Jeans' as She Shows Off 18-Week Bump  PEOPLE.com

Amy Duggar King is saying goodbye to her skinny jeans and hello to maternity wear! The reality star, who is expecting her first child, revealed Thursday that she ...

Using Anti-Choice Law to Criminalize Pregnancy Is Nothing New  Rewire.News

Six states have laws on the books making it a crime to self-induce an abortion or obtain one without the involvement of a medical professional.

Pregnant Marnie Simpson shows off baby bump in skin-tight dress  The Sun

Pregnant Marnie Simpson shows off her baby bump in a printed body con dress just weeks after announcing she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Casey ...

Darin Brooks and Pregnant Kelly Kruger Step Out for Daytime Emmys and Dish About Her Cravings  PEOPLE.com

Darin Brooks told PEOPLE Sunday at the 2019 Daytime Emmys that he has gotten accustomed to helping satisfy his wife Kelly Kruger's ever-shifting appetite.

Pregnant mother dies in Fairhope crash  WKRG News 5

A pregnant mother has died after a crash in Fairhope last week.

Congrats to Curvy Wife Guy and His Curvy Wife on Their Expectedly Cringey Pregnancy Announcement  New York Magazine

Robbie Tripp, an Instagram influencer famous for a post where he told the world he loves his “curvy” wife, announced the couple is expecting a baby.

Baby fever: 8 pregnant nurses in Beverly Hospital's maternity ward  The Salem News

BEVERLY — Eight Beverly Hospital nurses who usually spend their days tending to newborns are expecting babies of their own.