Preterm births—before 37 weeks—pose health risks for babies and emotional strain on families. Experts explain causes like ...

Contractions and dilation (opening) of the cervix before 37 weeks of pregnancy are considered preterm, or premature, labor. A normal pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks after the first day of the last ...

One of the few known risk factors of preterm birth is whether a pregnant person has previously given birth to a preterm baby.

It was a difficult pregnancy for the mother from the beginning. The survival of the baby girl was a medical miracle. Read on ...

Considering this, Wiphawi Phattharachindanuwong, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen ...

A GLADIATORS star has revealed his baby boy was born prematurely at 23 weeks but is ‘tiny, fragile and fighting’. Zack George, better known as Steel to viewers of the hit BBC show, ...

What the world did not know is that the family’s happy announcement followed weeks of intense worry, after Beatrice learned her daughter was likely to arrive preterm. Here, she reflects on her ...

The royal shared that her baby daughter “needed close monitoring” throughout her pregnancy and that she ... questions around the complications [of] preterm birth – questions that defined ...

Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is a condition where the amniotic sac breaks before labour begins, posing significant risks to both mother and baby. While PROM is not entirely avoidable ...

It was, however, understood that baby Athena's premature birth was not unexpected ... about what her private life was like during her pregnancy with Athena, and how the experience has transformed ...

In India, maternal and newborn health remains a pressing concern. The National Institute of Health (NIH) estimated that ...