Women who experience stressful life events in the year before childbirth are more likely to use marijuana before and during pregnancy.

Taking vitamin D supplements during pregnancy does little to prevent asthma and recurrent wheezing in young children, a new study shows.

New research suggests a slight advantage to using fresh donor eggs for in-vitro fertilization (IVF), although that's one factor among many for consideration.

People who have preeclampsia in their first pregnancy are four times more likely to suffer a heart attack or cardiovascular death over a 15-year period, a new study shows.

New research identifies four factors that led Texas patients to choose self-managed abortion.

A diabetes drug shows promise for treating recurrent miscarriages. The medication, sitagliptin, increases the number of stem cells in the uterus.

Average out-of-pocket health care spending for having a baby jumped from $3,069 in 2008 to $4,569 in 2015. "These are not small co-pays."

The first test of a Zika vaccine given before conception could support development of another vaccine in early trials in humans.

Sixteen women in the hospital for high-risk pregnancies revealed that "they did not receive explicit advice on how to cope, think positive, or calm down."

New research finds water births are as safe as other births. It also documents fewer first- and second-degree tears among women who gave birth in water.