OBJECTIVE: To determine gestational age-specific risks of intervening to “rescue” a compromised fetus in triplet pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN: We analyzed retrospectively triplet pregnancies managed at ...

Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic started, Kellee Briggs learned she was pregnant. Her first ultrasound showed she was carrying triplets but two had died. She successfully delivered son Chase on ...

Contractions are when the muscles of your uterus tighten and relax to get ready for childbirth. These muscles help push your baby down the birth canal. Once you reach week 37 of your pregnancy, it ...

Managing a rare triplet pregnancy diagnosis involves careful monitoring, specialized medical care, and challenges like post-partum haemorrhage. Breastfeeding presents its own set of challenges but ...

Fertility treatments have made multiple births more common in recent years. That means triplets are no longer a rarity. Doctors still consider being pregnant with multiples high-risk. But there are ...

SIX weeks pregnant, I arrived at the fertility clinic in Miami to check the baby’s heartbeat and to determine “how many.” The doctor smeared warm gel across my stomach and set the ultrasound wand in ...

Labor contractions are the physical way your uterus tightens to promote delivery of your baby. All body muscles tighten and shorten (contract) when they’re being used. And the uterus is one of the ...

High-risk pregnancy means you or your baby may experience certain symptoms before, during, and after delivery that may pose a risk to health. It can happen because of a medical condition the mother ...