Once a woman has passed her first trimester of pregnancy, the doctor will begin closer tracking of the infant's fetal growth.

The choice of culture media for nurturing embryos before implantation in assisted reproduction procedures had no major impact on live birth rates, but did affect pregnancy rates and birth weight in a Dutch randomized trial.

The pocket-sized ultrasound machine has emerged as an invaluable tool for quick assessment in emergency and general practice settings.

For many parents, the birth of their child does not play out as they had imagined it would.

Echocardiogram,often referred to as a cardiac echo or simply an echo,is a sonogram of the heart.

WASHINGTON-Low-risk pregnant patients who received some prenatal care through a remote monitoring system reported greater satisfaction with their care and less stress about their pregnancies than patients who received usual care, a small randomized trial presented here found.

Ultrasounds are sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing.

Obstetric ultrasonography is the use of medical ultrasonography in pregnancy,in which sound waves are used to create real-time visual images of the developing embryo or fetus in its mother's uterus (womb).

What many don't know, and despite what popular medical and government websites state, ultrasound scans have never been proven safe for pregnant women or babies and aren't recommended for routine use and non-high risk pregnancies.