What is amniotic band syndrome? Amniotic band syndrome can occur when the inner layer of the placenta, called the amnion, is damaged during pregnancy. If this happens, thin strands of tissue (amniotic ...

When a wound's healing process hits a roadblock and won’t close, the amniotic membrane recruits stem cells to migrate and ...

Whatever your baby's hair looks like at birth, it's likely to change in the first year of life. In fact, your baby's hair ...

After years of battling infertility, Nokuthokoza Mthethwa and her husband celebrate the arrival of twins born en caul, a rare ...

“Most vibrator use is healthy and safe during pregnancy,” Dr. Tanouye says. “It may even be more pleasurable than usual.” As long as you have a low-risk pregnancy without complications and follow a ...

Through her work, photographer Nancy Borowick says she hopes to draw awareness to women's stories, educate Americans and ...

Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they ...

When I brought this up to my midwife, she said, “Yeah, we don’t tell people about it because we don’t want to scare you.” ...

That’s when she saw the doctor’s jaw drop. O’Neil’s amniotic sac, the fluid-filled structure that surrounds a growing fetus, was exposed. When someone goes into labor, the sac typically ...