Most fetuses are nestled inside the uterus (womb), curled up tight. This cozy position, knees to chest, is known as the fetal ...

performing the surgery without opening the mother's womb decreases the risk of premature delivery. Moreover, moms recover from minimally invasive surgery much quicker than they do from open fetal ...

Research from Duke-NUS Medical School has revealed that fetuses are not as defenseless as once thought; they can actually fight infections from within the womb ... where the baby's head is ...

The education of nurses working with newborns and infants does not typically include a lengthy discussion on the fetal environment, yet existence in the womb has a significant impact on the long ...

If doctors could place a preemie inside of an artificial womb where it could spend its remaining weeks fully developing, this could completely change that baby's life. The researchers emphasized ...