Oxford team unveils patch that follows fetal blood flow and heart rate throughout pregnancy, potentially reducing risk of ...

Fetal monitoring is used during labor to listen to the baby's heart sounds and measure the contractions of the uterus. Despite debates and major concerns about the proven ability for fetal monitoring ...

Re “Doctors Stick With Unreliable Medical Tool to Justify C-Sections” (front page, Nov. 7): As the president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, I found that this article, ...

Current fetal monitoring tools for physicians to closely follow high-risk pregnancies are inadequate, so researchers at ...

A hair-thin, soft robotic probe inserted through existing surgical ports to continuously track multiple fetal vitals in real time. Northwestern University researchers have developed the first device ...

Playing music has long been a way for expectant parents to connect with their children in the womb, but a group of researchers has found evidence it can calm fetal heart rates, potentially providing ...

It can be difficult to decide whether to expedite birth when a woman in the final stage of pregnancy perceives fewer fetal movements. An additional ultrasound measurement to assess resistance in fetal ...

Vietnamese doctors made critical decisions to successfully save a Singaporean woman's fetus suffering from a rare heart defect, including a breathless two-minute procedure that marked the turning ...