In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United States evaluated the effects of maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-associated stress and fetal ...

Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a serious obstetric emergency that occurs when the fetal shoulders fail to deliver after the head has emerged during the second stage of labor. This condition can result in ...

The fetal immune system is highly specialized which is to generate both tolerogenic and protective immune responses to tolerate both self- and maternal-antigens. Fetal T cells with pro-inflammatory ...

Birth is often viewed as the starting point for environmental experience to affect human cognitive abilities 1 and social interactions 2. Yet evidence about the effects of early experience on ...

A study in mice has discovered that the presence of Bifidobacterium breve bacteria in the mother's gut during pregnancy promotes healthy brain development in the fetus. The fetal brain development of ...

Ultrasounds are a fun way for parents to meet their little ones while they’re still on the inside. Even in first trimester ultrasounds, parents may notice a fetus blowing bubbles and a chest rising ...

Like the hands that pull the strings at a marionette puppet show, our resident microbes influence the day-to-day running of virtually all of our biological systems. For instance, host-microbe ...

(CNN) — Tennessee could soon become the latest state to require public school students to watch a three-minute AI-generated video on fetal development created by an anti-abortion group. The state ...

Smoking during pregnancy can harm your baby's lung development before birth, expert warns of long-term complications and symptoms.