Stress at work on early stages of pregnancy increases the risk of the infant’s low birth weight. Full story

According to the statistics, 1/5 of all pregnancies end in miscarriage, and 0.5% of pregnancies result in stillbirth. It is believed that women quickly overcome the psychological trauma, followed by the birth of a healthy baby. Full story

"Harmless" Group A streptococcal infection is killing pregnant women. Doctors are concerned that a growing number of women die during pregnancy or shortly after the birth of a baby from a seemingly innocuous infection. Full story

In the State of Texas, USA, women will be obliged to familiarize with the obtained ultrasound image of the fetus before an abortion. Such law was passed by the House of Representatives of the State on March 3. Full story

Today, people often ask themselves why, despite all the advances in modern medicine, so many babies are born dead. Every day in the UK 10 babies are stillborn, and it's almost 4,000 children a year. Full story

A pregnant English woman, Nathalie Hoyland, is worried that she might oversleep the delivery day of her own child. As reported by Daily Mail, the resident of England suffers from a rare ailment called Klein-Levin syndrome which enables a human being to sleep for a month or longer. Full story

The 21-year-old British woman Kayla Donnelly had been on military service in Afghanistan having no idea about her pregnancy until she went into labor during the seventh month. While pregnant, she thought she was just gaining weight because of the army’s high-calorific food, The Daily Mail informs. Full story

Even during pregnancy, Victoria Beckham has not receded from their fashion rules. Being on the fourth month of pregnancy, the star continues to display “top class” as before, choosing tight pants and high-heeled shoes. Full story

Foods preferred by prospective mothers influence the eating habits of their children in future. It is has been proved by a group of scientists from the University of Colorado (USA). Full story

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), providing services on pregnancy abortion questions the local law about abortions. According to the BPAS experts’ opinion, the regulations of this law (adopted in 1967) should allow women to have abortions at home, and not in hospital. Full story

It has been discovered that the majority of pregnant women in the US have a number of dangerous chemicals stored in their bodies, including toxic compounds, cancer-causing substances, and stuff that has been banned for decades. Full story

As is officially known since Tuesday, Jewel and her husband, nine-time world champion rodeo cowboy Ty Murray have a child on the way. The couple has behind them two years of marriage and ten more years of living together. They reside on a 2,200 acre ranch in Texas. Full story

It is not a secret that in this era of women's emancipation birthrate in developed countries has significantly decreased. Moreover, the number of pregnancies in the late period of productivity, when a woman is in her late thirties or even in early forties, has increased. However, a woman's ''biological clock'' is not directly related to her age. Full story

Seven months away from the birth of her daughter Aviana Olea, Amy Adams, 36, is happy with what she has got, and with her new shape in particular. Full story

The Carey-Cannon family secret is finally out – they are going to have twins! Full story

Ladies, please stop thinking about never-ending items for carrying during your delivery. Women who have undergone the pressure of pregnancy and childbirth would be able to tell you more about the most important items that you must carry to the hospital during your childbirth. So rather than shipping anything useless in the bag, what should you carry in your bag? Full story

Pre-eclampsia, a serious pregnancy complication that may turn out fatal for some women, can now be predicted with a high degree of accuracy through a new urine test developed by British research team from University of Leicester. Full story

Jameson is the name Pink is thinking of to give to her expected child. Although the singer is not yet aware whether it will be a boy or a girl, that doesn’t deter her from getting a boy’s name ready. Full story

One of the results of vast hormonal changes that are generated by pregnancy is the inflow of blood to the breast combined with the inception of active processes in the breast tissue. Your breasts begin to swell and feel extremely sensitive. Actually it is one of the first signs heralding pregnancy. Full story

The reasons why the singer Lily Allen lost her baby 6 months into pregnancy have been made known. Viral infection, which the artist suffered may be the cause. Full story

Scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have proved that women with blood group O are less likely to become pregnant. Full story

2 weeks ago, the Quebec singing superstar Celine Dion successfully gave birth to two boys, although the singer was actually expecting triplets - one child died during pregnancy. Let’s recall that Dion became pregnant through IVF, this is why she was expecting three at once. Full story

British singer Lily Allen’s pregnancy ended in a miscarriage after six months, as became officially known on Monday. Full story

This woman was allergic to her own pregnancy and now she has a healthy son. The 26-year-old English woman Andrea McEwan was afraid she would die during pregnancy. Full story

The Health journal has published an article by Swedish doctors, where they argue that anxiety, restlessness, depression, and a poor mood in general among expectant mothers inevitably lead to the birth of a child with low body weight and a health weaker than babies born to optimistic mothers. Full story