Early birth safer for mother and baby in high blood pressure pregnancies, researchers find

Planned early birth for pregnant women with high blood pressure cuts maternal complications by nearly half and reduces the ...
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Pregnant Woman Gives Birth on Floor of Her Mom’s Pickup Truck: 'She Fell on the Floor, I Was Freaking Out'

Sandi Mendoza gave birth to her daughter while on the way to the hospital on Saturday, Sept. 13 KTLA 5/YouTube A Los Angeles woman gave birth to her third child, a baby girl, on the floor of her ...
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Pregnant woman gives birth in self-driving Waymo on way to SF hospital

A pregnant woman gave birth inside a self-driving taxi on the way to a San Francisco medical center on Monday night. In a statement from the autonomous taxi company Waymo, the remote rider support ...
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Early pregnancy interventions improve healthy gestational weight gain outcomes

Both too little and too much weight gain during pregnancy are associated with serious maternal and child health outcomes, ...
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More pregnant women in Ontario getting recommended syphilis screenings

The percentage of pregnant women in Ontario, Canada, screened for syphilis in the first trimester—which helps prevent ...
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Pregnant Women Should Not Use Cannabis, New Medical Guidelines Say

Marijuana during pregnancy is linked to poor birth outcomes and developmental delays in children, a leading medical society advised. By Roni Caryn Rabin Women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or ...
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Woman Gave Birth to Her 3rd Baby, but Says She Didn't Even Know She Was Pregnant: 'I'm Just Stunned'

The woman said she woke up with severe back pain on Sept. 9 and unexpectedly delivered a baby within hours 12 On Your Side/Yotuube A Virginia woman recently gave birth to her third baby, but says she ...