About a quarter of pregnant women in the US don’t get prenatal care in their first trimester, report says

A report released Monday by the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes says that only about 75% of babies last year were born to mothers who started prenatal care in the first trimester ...

Pregnant Woman, 27, Details Early Signs She Had a Life-Threatening Blood Clot: 'I Was Shaking'

Elizabeth Simms was 27 years old and about 31 weeks pregnant when she suddenly noticed the first signs of what turned out to ...

Aspirin can prevent a serious pregnancy complication — but too few women get it, new report suggests

Pre-eclampsia, a condition that causes dangerously high blood pressure, is a leading cause of death among mothers and babies.
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Women are at higher risk of two mental health problems in the weeks after childbirth, study finds

Postpartum women are at higher risk of depression and psychosis in the weeks after childbirth, a major new analysis shows. Compared to the year before pregnancy, the risk of depression is about 20 per ...
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OB-GYN begs pregnant women not to make this dangerous mistake: ‘I’m honestly worried women think it’s safe’

There are plenty of things women are told not to do while pregnant — but a few of those old-school “rules” have been debunked. Want to take a bath? Exercise? Go for it. Other rules, though, exist for ...