It can be difficult to tell whether a dog is pregnant until the last few weeks of her nine-week gestation.

Infants should be placed on a firm sleep surface in their parents' room (but separate from their bed), to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the American Academy of Pediatrics said in a new policy statement.

Precision medicine offers the promise of an accurate assessment of individual risk for serious conditions like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).

Many mothers fear they are not producing enough breast milk to satisfy their baby.

Home pregnancy tests work by detecting the presence of the hormone hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) in a woman's urine.

Brain imaging of infants with confirmed or presumed congenital Zika virus infection showed both a reduction in brain volume, as well as abnormal development in certain areas of the brain, a small retrospective analysis of Brazilian infants found.

Properly caring for a pregnant dog is essential to a successful breeding process.

Zika virus RNA was detected in the blood of five pregnant women who had been exposed to the virus at least 2 weeks prior to PCR testing, case reports from the CDC's U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry showed.

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