CHICAGO -- As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his ey...

WASHINGTON -- New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies – bed rest – doesn't seem to preven...

By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 05/05/2013 09:31 AM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Extremely premature babies need oxy...

Who exactly are the entitled moochers who benefit from Medicaid? In fact, half of the Americans covered by Medicaid are children, and one who is especially close to my heart is my 4-year-old son, Isaac.

(Reuters Health) - Iron supplements may help boost brain development and ward off behavioral problems in babies who are born a bit on the small si...

When Kelley Benham gave birth, she knew that statistics were not in her favor -- about one in 750 newborns arrive in the "micro-preemie" window, betwe...

By Kate Kelland LONDON | Tue Dec 4, 2012 6:38pm EST (Reuters) - Little progress has been made in improving the long-term health of extremely p...

Niki Cunningham of Devon, England, hadn't worried about vasa previa, a condition that can make the umbilical cord rupture during labor. She had no ...

By Mark Brislin, originally published on Papas of Preemies, republished for The Good Men Project It was around day 16 of my son’s 52 day stay in ...

People I don't know are whispering about me, pointing and staring. It is September 2008 and I am 34 weeks pregnant with triplets. I refuse to stay home; I will not miss Parents Night at my son's preschool. He is almost 4. And the fate of the three babies inside my belly is unknown.

Around 1 in 8 babies in the United States is born premature, increasing the risk for long hospital stays and health problems down the road. But kn...

When she was six months pregnant and already in labor, doctors told expectant UK mother Alex Jones they couldn't find her baby boy's heartbeat and he ...

CHICAGO -- Even for infants born full-term, a little more time in the womb may matter. The extra time results in more brain development, and a study ...

* Researchers examined data of 1.3 million Swedes * Link between pre-term births and severe mental illness * Depression ...

Ruth Nash did everything in her power to fight for the life of her children. After her water broke just 22 weeks into her pregnancy, Nash laid with...

CHICAGO -- One is a healthy first-grader, the other an honors college student majoring in psychology. Once the tiniest babies ever born, both girls ar...