Pregnant women and those planning to have children should ensure adequate iodine intake, according to the authors of a new report.

Lack of iodine, for which good dietary sources are milk, dairy products and fish, can lead to reduced mental development in their children, the study found. Read on.

Air travel poses 'no significant risk' for pregnant women and their unborn babies – even up to three weeks before the birth, doctors say.

Healthy mothers-to-be having pregnancies without complications should be able to fly until the 37th week, their latest advice reveals. Read on.

When a woman is pregnant, we're often quick to laugh off her cravings for even the unhealthiest foods. However, pregnancy is a time to indulge in nutritionally dense sources of delicious food - and avoid unhealthy foods, as often as possible. Read on.

While it may seem obvious, pregnant women should be particularly careful about weighing the risks and benefits of taking medicines. Not all medicines are safe to take during pregnancy. It's worth emphasizing some of the lesser-known reasons for caution: Read on.

Pregnant women can be reassured that cleaning with a bidet after using the toilet will not throw off their vaginal bacteria balance or increase the risk their baby will be born early, a new study suggests.

One cause of premature birth is inflammation around the fetus, which can stem from a vaginal infection. Researchers have been unsure whether various forms of genital washing, including bidet use and douching, might clear out healthy bacteria and increase the risk of vaginosis, or vaginal bacterial infections. Read on.

After delivering over 1000 babies as Board-certified ob-gyn, many of these babies with the use of Pitocin, I have heard concerns about this drug from hundreds of pregnant moms-to-be. Read on.

Flu during pregnancy may increase the risk of the unborn child developing bipolar disorder later in life, research suggests.

A study of 814 expectant women, published in JAMA Psychiatry, showed that infection made bipolar four times more likely.  Read on

Procter & Gamble Co. brand Clearblue announced Monday that it will start selling a home pregnancy test this fall that not only tells a woman whether she's pregnant -- but how far along she is in her pregnancy. Read on.

Jessica Alba admitted to wearing two corsets day and night to help whittle her waist back to its prepregnancy size. Gwyneth Paltrow poured herself into two pairs of Spanx to push her post-pregnancy pudge into submission. Read on.

(Reuters Health) - Women who take the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy are three times more likely to have a child with an autism spectrum disorder, suggests new research based on close to 700,000 babies born in Denmark. Read on.

Mom's anxiety during pregnancy may influence the development of her baby's immune system, new research finds.

Infants whose mothers experienced high anxiety during pregnancy had suppressed immune responses to vaccinations at 6 months old, according to a study to be published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity. Read on.

A new study casts some doubt on the notion than any level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy is harmful to a child's neuropsychological development.

The study of more than 10,000 children tracked until age 7 found that those born to mothers who were light drinkers during pregnancy -- one or two drinks per week -- were not at increased odds for mental deficits. Read on.

Women who develop pre-eclampsia or gestational hypertension during pregnancy are more likely to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes later in life, a new study suggests.

The authors say doctors should be extra vigilant in testing for diabetes in women who have had either of those conditions in pregnancy, and women should try to lower their risk by maintaining a healthy body weight and by exercising. Read on

When I was in graduate school, Bridget Swinney's book on infant feeding, "Baby Bites," was one of my textbooks for a course on pediatric nutrition. Later on in life, I returned to her book for help navigating the thorny waters of transitioning my own kids to solids. Read on.

I am currently nine months pregnant with my first child. As my partner and I had tried for so long I sometimes feel as if I cannot complain about pregnancy, I did ask for it after all! Read on.