Some of the key areas of maternal health improvement include reducing anemia, promoting institutional deliveries, and empowering women through education on nutrition, hygiene, and family planning.

Feeling tired while you're pregnant is so common that you'd probably wonder what was going on if you weren't at least occasionally sleepy. As What to Expect Community member tagrr shared, "I'm 11 ...

It's very normal to feel more anxious than usual during pregnancy. Worry and fear are natural responses to big changes, including expecting a child. Whether this is your first baby or you're adding to ...

Can we talk about how frustrating it is to eat all the “right” foods and still feel exhausted? I was downing spinach smoothies and taking my prenatal vitamins religiously, but I felt like garbage. I ...

Candace Knight, Ph.D., associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, discusses the different forms of pregnancy loss, common misconceptions, and how health care ...

Miscarriage is often a quiet kind of grief. It is incredibly common yet rarely discussed. Many women wait to share news about their pregnancy until after the first trimester (or longer), when things ...

Nearly 75% of pregnant women will face gum problems at some point, and the consequences can go beyond tooth loss. Daniel Thunell, DDS, explains how pregnancy hormones change your body’s response to ...

Pregnancy significantly affects the thyroid gland and its function due to increased metabolic needs. For example, a maternal body requires 40% to 100% more thyroid hormones to meet the needs of the ...