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Babies exposed to high levels of pesticides while in the womb may suffer from learning problems, a new study suggests.

A study shows the typical pregnant woman has dozens of potentially toxic or even cancer-causing chemicals in her body.

Close birth spacing may put a second-born child at higher risk for autism, suggests a preliminary study based on more than a half-million California children....

Dr. Jani Jensen with the Mayo clinic explains how a British woman delivered triplets 11 years apart. (msnbc tv)

“For the first time we can clearly see the mechanics of a vaginal delivery,” he said. “For years, obstetricians have relied on very crude methods of understanding complications like cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD), which translates when the baby fails to descend into the birth canal and there is a rest in cervical dilatation, which ultimately leads to a C-section.”

You already know that pregnancy pains and hot flashes can keep you tossing and turning at night. But there's a host of other, less-heralded health concerns that may be silently interfering with your shut-eye. Here's how to deal with these stealth sleep stealers, decade by decade.

The superstar singer confirmed on NBC's "Today" show Thursday that she and husband Nick Cannon are expecting their first child. Carey says the baby is due in the spring.

Singer Celine Dion, 42, gave birth Saturday to premature twin boys.

Having one to two drinks a week during pregnancy may not actually harm a developing fetus, new research suggests.

A widow, accused of being pregnant, was executed by the Taliban in western Afghanistan, a provincial governor's spokesman said Monday.