Fetal heart rate monitoring during labor is a vital tool for assessing a baby's well-being and guiding timely interventions. Updated ACOG guidelines outline how to interpret different tracing ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has reaffirmed the role of umbilical artery Doppler ...

Women with chronic hypertension whose fetuses have lower estimated fetal weight and fetal growth restriction at 35-36 weeks’ gestation are more likely to develop superimposed preeclampsia.

The biological connection between a pregnant woman and her developing baby—the human maternal–fetal interface—is a specialized, transient organ composed of uterine cells from the mother and fetal ...

The placenta — a temporary organ of the offspring — attaches to the mother’s uterus, from which it taps a blood supply. A high-resolution map of individual cells at this junction now reveals some of ...