Soranus of Ephesus’s manual shaped the way midwifery was practiced for more than a millennium.

Researchers integrated information from 45 protein, metabolite, and immune data points to identify a window two to four weeks before a pregnant person will go into labor.

Countries with populations whose average adult height grew late last century are more likely to have high rates of babies delivered surgically.

Signaling pathways triggered by the mother’s immune system may cause complications during fetal development.

Vaginal birth leads to changes in the development of offsprings’ microbiomes not seen among mice born via C-section, which researchers suspect might contribute to the weight differences.