In what doctors in Los Angeles are calling a "medical miracle," a mother gave birth to a baby boy shortly after discovering ...

Jacqueline Schumer was told her unborn baby had spina bifida at her 16-week checkup. The birth defect can cause complications including trouble walking and fluid buildup in the brain. Schumer had ...

The pregnancy came as a surprise to Suze Lopez, an emergency room nurse from Bakersfield, who only learned about it when she ...

Pregnant women who underwent immediate surgery to treat a ruptured or abscessed appendix and their fetuses had significantly better outcomes than those whose condition was managed without an operation ...

Pregnancy after receiving bariatric surgery was associated with decreased risks for preeclampsia, gestational diabetes or impaired fasting glucose and large for gestational age neonates, researchers ...

For some families, the joy of a new baby comes with unexpected challenges: About 3% of US newborns — roughly 1 in 33 — have a birth defect each year. While it might seem scary, the good news is that ...

When a surgeon asked Sharona Ben-Haim during a 2008 interview for a neurosurgery residency program whether she planned to have children, she responded the only way she felt she could: a resounding no.

A California woman was scheduled to have a large cyst removed but, in the lead-up to the procedure, learned she had a rare ...

Pregnant women who underwent immediate surgery to treat a ruptured or abscessed appendix had lower risk of infectious complications compared with those whose complicated appendicitis was managed ...

For pregnant women experiencing painful gallstones, immediate surgery to remove the infected gallbladder may be better than postponing the operation until after childbirth, a new study suggests. Acute ...

Baby Ryu Lopez is being called a miracle after his mom, Suze, discovered she was pregnant just days before giving birth—while preparing for surgery to remove a massive cyst.

In what doctors are calling a "medical miracle," a Bakersfield mother gave birth to a baby boy shortly after discovering she ...