Most pregnancies go smoothly – but not all. And if you're facing a complication, you're not alone. Studies show that about 8% of pregnant women will experience serious complications. The good news?

Women who experience complications during pregnancy face a higher risk of stroke in the following decades according to research published in the European Heart Journal [1] today (Tuesday). The study, ...

Restless or too little sleep can make us feel unfocused and indecisive the next day. Valerii Apetroaiei/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine you got a rough night of sleep. Perhaps you went to bed too ...

According to a new study from researchers at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, higher blood pressure levels in pregnant women are linked to an increased risk of several pregnancy ...

For expectant parents, pregnancy can be a time filled with joyful anticipation: hearing the beating of a tiny heart, watching the fetus wiggling through the black-and-white blur of an ultrasound, ...

While no drug -- prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) -- has been proven "absolutely safe when you are pregnant," many medications are thought to be safe for the mother and developing fetus, ...

Imagine you got a rough night of sleep. Perhaps you went to bed too late, needed to wake up early or still felt tired when you woke up from what should have been a full night's sleep. For the rest of ...

Jenalee Doom receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Melissa Nevarez-Brewster receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Imagine you got a rough night of sleep. Perhaps ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Imagine you got a rough night of sleep. Perhaps you went to bed too late, needed to wake up early or still felt tired when you woke up from what should have been a full night’s ...