“I don’t know how you do this every day for ten months,” says one dad. Christine Higgs had her husband try out pregnancy for a day by using plastic wrap to attach a watermelon to his abdomen. He ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Melissa Skala, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kristin Myers, Columbia University, ...

When you’re an elite athlete, the stakes are high. But add pregnancy to the mix and the challenges can rise ­– not only from mixed messages about the safety of training while pregnant, but also from a ...

Why are babies born prematurely? Researchers still don’t really know. Obstetricians are very good at managing the process of birth. But when it comes to predicting whether a baby will be born in a ...