When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Stock image of a baby in the womb. An infant with spinal muscular atrophy was treated whilst ...

Babies don't kick inside the womb randomly. Dr Rajan explains why pregnant women feel kicks from inside and what it indicates ...

Babies in the womb were exposed to far more “forever chemicals” than scientists ever realized—and we’re only beginning to understand what that means.

Babies who hear more than one language while they're growing in the womb may be more able to hear a wider range of speech after they're born. While babies with mothers that only spoke one language ...

A mother whose unborn baby needed blood transfusions while still in the womb said she had no idea such a procedure was possible. Laura Fricker, from Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, was pregnant ...

UK researchers have found that someone's love of the sauce may be linked to testosterone exposure in the womb -- which has a distinct effect on baby's hand development. Getty Images/iStockphoto ...

Little is yet known about the health effects of nanoparticles on pregnancy. An interdisciplinary team is currently analyzing the risks for babies in the womb. Using a lab model, the researchers were ...

Physical cues in the womb, and not just genetics, influence the normal development of neural crest cells, the embryonic stem cells that form facial features, finds a new study. Physical cues in the ...

When John Carter was born, 73 years ago, the doctor in the town of Ware just north of London wasn't sure if the little guy would make it: he weighed a mere 3.4 pounds. "They laid me on a hot-water ...