Navigating the myriad of experiences surrounding pregnancy can be overwhelming, especially when it comes to understanding the ...
The fetal pole is the first sign of an embryo in early pregnancy ultrasounds. If the fetal pole doesn't have a heartbeat, it could mean a missed miscarriage. Sometimes, a fetal pole isn't visible ...
Ultrasound scans let you see your baby boy developing at different pregnancy stages. Exciting milestones, like knowing your baby's sex, typically happen around the 20-week anatomy scan. During an ...
A potential predictor of complications during pregnancy and birth is fetal birth weight. For example, macrosomia (which is defined as a birth weight greater than 4,000 grams) makes it more difficult ...
See fetuses soothing themselves in the womb. Fetuses are more likely to touch their faces with their left hands if their moms are stressed, researchers say. Nadja Reissland, Durham University June 3, ...
It is more than a little puzzling to me why the Rev. Robert A. Winter, in his Oct. 31 letter, “Issue 1 is grounded in basic human values,” states that “the kind of life we can legitimately describe as ...
SEATTLE — The Woodland Park Zoo announced Thursday that its pregnant orangutan, Batu, has lost her baby after carrying the fetus nearly to term. The WPZ said an ultrasound performed Thursday morning ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa schools would have to show ultrasound videos and computer-generated graphics on fetal development in Iowa classrooms under legislation sent to the ...