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At least one in 20 people who are pregnant develop a scary complication called preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that kills 70,000 women and 500,000 babies worldwide every year

More than 85% of women – and more than 300 million people worldwide at any given time – use hormonal contraceptives for at least five years of their life. Although primarily taken for birth control, many people also use hormonal contraceptives to manage a variety of symptoms related to menstruation,…

The model is taking a page straight out of Rihanna's pregnancy style guide.

Anya Meyerowitz didn’t know if she wanted children, primarily out of fear about what would happen during her delivery. But an experience with a world-renowned childbirth pioneer – who also happened to have worked with the Duchess of Sussex – completely changed her perspective

Sciver-Brunt missed England’s first IT20 match against Pakistan to undergo egg-freezing treatment.

Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the debate over abortion access is playing out in elections and the courts

It’s hard to imagine now, but for almost 1,000 years, pregnant women in England could avoid the death penalty just by virtue of being pregnant. A pregnant woman sentenced to death would receive a stay of execution until the baby was born. It was called “pleading the belly” and often…

Women should be tested for gestational diabetes before 14 weeks, say academics

The actress, 37, was pictured at the opening of Imaginary Conversations: An ERDEM Collection Inspired by Duchess Deborah at Chatsworth House

Around one in 2,500 births is a ‘cryptic birth’, which equals roughly 300 in the UK annually