Pregnancy

Chemicals found in products we use every day may be impacting fertility rates.

Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are putting their babies at risk, a study published this week finds

Babies born to mothers diagnosed with cannabis use disorder are more likely to experience negative health outcomes than those without the disorder, according to findings published today by UC San Diego researchers.

While many are posting questions and concerns about coronavirus vaccine side effects, it’s important to remember that many people have no side effects from vaccines at all, NBC News’ Dr. Natalie Azar explains.

Pesticide exposure during pregnancy might lead to the development of central nervous system tumors during childhood, according to a study involving researchers from UCLA, USC and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

New and expectant moms are getting some potentially great news when it comes to rolling up their sleeves for the COVID–19 vaccine.

A New Hampshire teacher has become one of the oldest women in the United States to give birth. Barbara Higgins is 57 years old and just had a baby boy on Saturday. “We’ve beat the odds,” said her husband, Kenny Banzhoff. “I’m so proud of her, she’s been a trooper through the whole thing.” As a lifelong athlete, Higgins...

A New Hampshire teacher has become one of the oldest women in the country to have a baby.

Medical experts in Boston have been working behind the scenes to correct misinformation that has largely circulated on social media.

When Dr. Jill Baird, a doctor from the Providence Cancer Institute, embarked on a study with her husband Jason about how the COVID-19 vaccine benefits pregnant and lactating women, she also signed up to be a test subject. She offered her own breast milk to be tested for antibodies after she received the vaccine herself. Watch to learn what they...

New data shows an even steeper drop in American birth rates than NBCLX first discovered last month, as new data – from the tenth and eleventh months of the pandemic – is made public.

Three pregnant nurses working on the front lines of the pandemic say it’s a mixture of joy and fear, but they have no plans to stop working and helping people amid the coronavirus pandemic. The three are all nurses at USC Verdugo Hills hospital and all three will be delivering their babies there in March and April.

A council member in Carlsbad in San Diego’s North County attended a virtual council meeting this week while multitasking to the max: she was at the hospital, getting ready to give birth to her first baby.

One of the most common pieces of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine is that it will make women infertile. Iahn Gonsenhauser, chief patient safety officer at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, explains why you shouldn’t believe this myth.

Not even locking couples up and obliterating their social calendars could convince more Americans to have babies, as our quarantine-inspired baby boom has failed to materialize.

As of this week, according to official figures from the California Department of Health, more than a million of the COVID-19 cases in the state are Latino, and up to 12,800 have not survived, as is the case of the mother of a family who lost her battle just as she gave birth to her sixth child.

Should you get the coronavirus vaccine if you are pregnant? The FDA says pregnant women should consult their doctor before getting it, because there is little data regarding the safety of the vaccine for expecting mothers. NBC 7 spoke to Dr. Joanna Adamczak, a perinatologist and OBGYN at Sharp HealthCare, about the advice she’s giving her patients. She said she…

NBC 7’s Jackie Crea spoke to an OBGYN about her advice to pregnant patients.

The FDA’s Dr. Peter Marks said Saturday that pregnant women should consult their doctor before taking the Pfizer vaccine, given that pregnant women were not part of the clinical trials for the emergency use authorization. “The provider and individual can make a decision about whether the benefits outweigh the risks,” said Marks. “[Taking the vaccine is] not something that we’re...

It seems logical then that once a woman wants to get pregnant, it should happen easily — but, unfortunately, that isn’t always the case.