That said, unless things are cut short by a C-section, all women go through three precise stages of labor and childbirth: labor itself (which includes early labor, active labor and transitional labor) ...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol -- a necessary hormone for fetal development -- and this would affect the baby's development from very ...

Let’s start at the beginning: What do the stages of baby food mean, anyway? Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your baby’s digestive system won’t make the leap from liquid to solid in one day either.

The first weeks of your baby’s life are extremely crucial, as the brain starts to develop. This process is not quick, but takes time from the cell formation to several developmental milestones. You ...

If you’ve ever played peekaboo with your little one, you’ve helped them work on object permanence. Your baby is learning that people and objects exist even when they can’t see or hear them. Object ...