Healthy Pregnancy

For a long time, many people imagine an unborn baby as a sleeping being that simply develops inside the mother’s womb. In fact, the opposite is true: incredibly complex processes are already taking place during pregnancy. The baby moves, exercises its muscles, develops its senses

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy can significantly increase the risk of serious and potentially life-threatening complications for the mother. This is shown by a large-scale study involving more than one million women. Particularl...

A new study led by researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center provides important evidence that breast cancer developing shortly after pregnancy may have distinct biological characteristics. The study shows that breast cancers diagnosed within the first three years after childbirth—particularly in the first year—are more likely to exhibit features assoc...

One of the most comprehensive studies to date on chemical exposure during pregnancy has found that pregnant women are regularly exposed to dozens of chemicals found in everyday life. According to the researchers, many of these substances may influence how early a baby is born and how much it weighs at birth—both factors that can affect health well beyond infancy. The

Researchers have narrowed down the time frame during which nausea and vomiting can potentially occur during pregnancy to just three days for most women, opening the door for scienti...