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Update 5/10/2019: It's been a huge week for celebrities babies and baby boys in particular! Amy Schumer and husband Chris Fischer welcomed a baby boy on Monday, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcomed their son, Archibald on Tuesday and today, Kim Kardashian just announced via Twitter that her son was just born: "He’s here and...

Update:  It’s a boy... and a girl! Congrats to Abby Huntsman and husband Jeffery Livingston on the birth of their twins, Ruby Kate and William Jeffery, born on June 5th. The View co-host shared on Instagram: “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your ❤️” Ruby Kate and William Jeffrey came into this world last...

First BabyDue May 2019 Entourage star, Jerry Ferrara and wife, Breanne are expecting a baby boy. Jerry made his announcement via Instagram shortly after the New Year:  “With the 1st pick in the 2019 draft of life. @breanneracanoferrara and I select: our unnamed BABY BOY!!! It’s been a long journey and we both cannot be more...

What is okra? Traditionally, okra (gossypol) has not been a common food in most parts of the United States and is mostly found in southern cooking dishes. Yet, the vegetable has recently become a trendy food among the millennial crowd, and with good reason. Okra is a nutritious and medicinal vegetable. It is also used by many...

What is "mom brain"? There is scientific evidence that pregnancy may change a pregnant woman's brain on many different levels, starting on a cellular level, and in many ways that we are only beginning to understand. These changes may even be long-lasting. Most people think of mom brain as being absentminded, entering a room and...

Getting pregnant and having a healthy baby is one of the biggest joys in life. Deciding you want to start a family is a big decision and one that is fraught with questions. What are my chances of getting pregnant? Am I fertile? Is my partner? Am I pregnant? Is my pregnancy normal? Is my baby safe? We are here to help answer...

Many people turn to the Web to find out what to expect when they’re expecting and according to a Google survey, new and expecting parents perform nearly 3x as many searches as non-parents. The babyMed most searched questions list the most asked questions and autofills entered by users when they search pregnancy-related terms in...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 41st week of pregnancy. Your baby By the end of the 40th week, you are ready to give birth! Fatigue, pain, swelling, and abdominal weight alone are enough to keep women in bed until labor pains begin. For the baby, week 41 is nothing more than an...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 39th week of pregnancy. Your baby Good things come to those who wait! If you are pregnant with multiples, babies not born last week will probably be here this week. Many doctors prefer delivering twins before the 40th week. And if you are scheduled for...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 37th week of pregnancy. Your baby The 37th-38th week of pregnancy is considered early term. Pregnant women who make it to the 37th week no longer have to worry about having the baby early. The fetus weighs around 6½ pounds and practices breathing...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 36th week of pregnancy. Your baby Four weeks to go until the due date now! During the next few weeks, the weight of your baby will shift downward relieving some of the shortness of breath associated with the upward growth of the uterus. While this can...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 34th week of pregnancy. Your baby Brain development is rapid and thus the size of the head is growing to hold new brain tissue. Brain development accounts for the growth of about 3/8 of an inch each week. Fetal skin starts out red, but changes to pink...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 32nd week of pregnancy. Your baby By the 32nd week, all five senses are in full working order. Your baby can see, taste, smell, feel, and hear. Hair continues to grow, though some babies will be born with much more than others. Weight gain slows down a...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 30th week of pregnancy. Your baby Fetal growth continues in the 30th week of pregnancy. Your baby weighs three pounds or more and continues to gain weight daily. Bones have developed and bone marrow has started producing red blood cells. The white...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 28th week of pregnancy. Your baby Welcome to your 3rd trimester! The 28th week of gestation is the start of the 7th month and the third trimester. Your baby is growing by leaps and bounds and has a 90% chance of survival if born during this week. The...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 26th week of pregnancy. Your baby The fetus continues to grow rapidly, weighing about two pounds and measuring nine inches or more by the 26th week. The air sacs of the lungs are starting to develop and surfactant (which is necessary for normal lung...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 24th week of pregnancy. Your baby At 24 weeks, the fetus is usually considered "viable" by most doctors. That means it has a reasonable chance of surviving if born prematurely. During the 24th week, your baby continues to gain good weight. Weighing in...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 22nd week of pregnancy. Your baby Fetal brain growth continues daily. The sense of smell, taste, sight, hearing, and touch are all developing as well. Your baby can now suck, swallow and hear. What is the fetus hearing? Heartbeats, breathing, and...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 20th week of pregnancy. Your baby The 20th week marks the halfway point for a normal pregnancy. Growth continues to add length and weight to the baby. By the 20th week, the baby can weigh more than one pound and measure 8 inches or longer. Fetal growth...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 18th week of pregnancy. Your baby All the changes in the womb are starting to show. Your baby now looks like a human and can weigh up to 8 ounces. Bowel development continues and the first bowel movement, meconium, is developing inside. Baby will not...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 16th week of pregnancy. Your baby By the start of the 4th month, you may start feeling movements, though most women will not feel clear movements until after 20 weeks and sometimes even later. These initial movements may only feel like flutters but...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 14th week of pregnancy. Your baby The fetus is taking off and can measure up to 3 ½ inches in length and weigh up to 2 ounces. What a change from week 11 when the fetus weighed just ½ ounce. At this point in growth, an ultrasound would show movement in...

Your baby, your body, and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 11th week of pregnancy. Your baby At the start of the 11th week, your baby is now officially called a fetus. The most crucial development phases are concluding. The fetus now must concentrate on growing longer and larger during the next 29 weeks. Growth is fast now...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 9th week of pregnancy. Your baby By the 9th week, cartilage is forming and bones are growing. Baby is forming the skeleton that s/he will use to stand, walk, and run later in life. Eye structure is progressing and the tongue is beginning to develop....

Your body, your partner, and tips for the 7th week of pregnancy. Your body The body is still fighting through the changes common during early pregnancy. Hormone levels are rising, morning sickness abounds and you may be feeling hungry one minute and sick the next. Fatigue may leave you feeling as though have been up all...

Your baby, your body, your partner and the prenatal visit, plus tips for the 5th week of pregnancy. Your baby By week five baby is moving along quickly in the growth process. The blastocyst now consists of three layers. The innermost layer or endoderm is where the intestine, bladder, pancreas, and liver will form. Right now,...

Your baby, your body, and your partner, plus tips for the 1st week of pregnancy. Your baby The first week of development starts on the day of your last menstrual period. You are not officially pregnant yet, and while conception has not yet happened, the body starts to tick off the weeks from this point forward. Most women who...

You may have heard about the three pregnancy trimesters, but there are actually six trimesters! One is during the preconception period (known as the pre-trimester,) then you have the first, second, and third trimesters during pregnancy, the next is immediately postpartum, and the last pregnancy trimester is when a new mom goes...

Men often measure manliness by penis size. The bigger the penis the more manly the man, but medically speaking, penis size does not necessarily correlate with manliness. Just like no two people have the same fingerprints, no two men have the same penis, but that doesn’t mean one man is more fertile than another. Penis size does...

Researchers in France completed a study investigating the pregnancy rates between medical/conservative surgery and conservative surgery/radical surgical treatment of ectopic pregnancy. As published in the journal Human Reproduction, the pregnancy rates differed little between the two treatments compared to each arm of the study...

What is subfertility? Medical terminology, especially in reproductive medicine can often be generally confusing or misleading. To understand what subfertility means, it's essential to define infertility. The clinical definition of infertility is currently "1 year of unwanted non-conception with unprotected intercourse in the...

Pregnant women are always concerned whether and how much they can lift. If it's at work or at home. There is not much solid data on whether and how much women can lift during pregnancy. Some studies have suggested an increased risk in preterm delivery in women working jobs that require high exertion, such as heavy manual...

What you should know Some jobs can affect your reproductive health and the health of your family. Reproductive hazards affect both men and women. Even if your job involves some hazards, there are things you can do to protect yourself and stay safe at work: 1. Ask questions By law, you have the right to receive information...

Common chemicals to avoid while pregnant It is well known that there are many common chemicals that could have a negative effect on your baby. Chemicals found in the kitchen, in the air, and even in foods are all harmless for normal use but can become extremely hazardous for a developing baby in the womb. Many moms-to-be simply...

In today's world, most women work and keep working throughout their pregnancy. However, being pregnant may present challenges in the workplace. The New York Times revealed widespread discrimination against pregnant women in some of the largest companies. To stay healthy and productive on the job, and continue with a healthy...

References for Calculating the Pregnancy Due Date ACOG Committee Opinion: Method of Estimating Due Date Number 611 October 2014 ACOG Practice Bulletin. Clinical management guidelines for obstetricians-gynecologists. Number 55, September 2004 (replaces practice pattern number 6, October 1997). Management of Postterm Pregnancy....