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Couples who are married or living together will probably have more trouble parenting as a team if they have been violent toward one another during pregnancy, according to a team of psychologists.

Pregnant women who stop taking their antidepressants do not seem to be at greater risk for a depressive episode during or after pregnancy than those who continue taking their medications, according to a new Yale University study.

Astronauts sent to colonize Mars should avoid getting pregnant en route to the Red Planet. Sex and pregnancy are risky on long space trips, scientists say.

For the first time, a woman has given birth to two children in two separate pregnancies after her fertility was restored using transplants of ovarian tissue that had been removed and frozen during her cancer treatment and then restored once she was cured.

For the first time, a woman has given birth to two children in two separate pregnancies after her fertility was restored using transplants of ovarian tissue that had been removed and frozen during her cancer treatment and then restored once she was cured.

A filmed chirugical operation: cesarean section. The baby is alright ... Message to sensible people : Do Not Watch

A rise in spina bifida cases in Scotland prompts experts to urge all women of childbearing age to take folic acid supplements, even if they are not planning a family.

The first baby conceived with the help of a new egg screening technique which could offer hope to women for whom IVF has repeatedly failed has been born.

The technique screens eggs for chromosome abnormalities before implantation as part of IVF, and has the potential to double any couple's chances of conceiving.