Fafali was a 22-year-old expectant mother in a rural area in the Volta Region, excitedly preparing for her first child.

“You look preeclamptic,” my friend told me as I greeted her. I was 34 weeks pregnant, and it had been a rough pregnancy. Between the demands of my job as a hand surgeon and mother to a toddler, ...

SAN ANTONIO – Alexea Washington’s beautiful, healthy daughter Malia Rose is 3 months old. “She’s literally the light of our lives, and she came into our lives at such a dark place for me,” Washington ...

Pregnant women routinely give urine samples as part of their physical exams. A new study shows those tests may, one day, tell doctors which women are at risk of developing dangerously high blood ...

This year’s maternal mortality report found a lack of knowledge of warning signs that require immediate follow-up.

Your body naturally holds more fluid when you're pregnant, and this can be more evident in warmer temperatures. Your feet, ...

Swollen fingers, a common ailment, can stem from simple causes like heat or injury, but persistent puffiness might signal serious health issues. Conditions like arthritis, gout, infections, and even ...

HEALTH ALERT. MAY IS PREECLAMPSIA AWARENESS MONTH AND THURSDAY IS WORLD PREECLAMPSIA DAY. SO NOW IS THE TIME TO START HAVING POTENTIALLY LIFESAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PREGNANT WOMEN AND POSTPARTUM ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. — For 39-year-old Takesha Frazier, being a mother to her 6-year-old son Noah is one of her greatest joys. “Oh, it’s changed a whole lot for me—just seeing him grow up, being in ...

When Lindsay Orr, then 32, was 30 weeks and 5 days pregnant, she started seeing stars in her vision. “They would happen once a day, so just randomly,” Orr, 34, of Denver tells TODAY.com. “I started ...