The odds of having identical quadruplets are one in 11 million births. With Rachel Vargas's complications, her babies are one ...

A Rhode Island couple welcomed the birth of their beautiful quadruplet baby girls at a Valley hospital several days ago.

A YOUNG woman has shared how she is one of the rarest types of twins in the world. Hope Baxter and her sister, Faith, are ...

A shrinking amniotic sac is concerning because it can affect ... Recipient twinThe recipient twin receives too much blood volume from the placenta. The excess blood volume can put a strain on ...

In pregnancies at risk of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN), amniocentesis is used to identify the fetus’s ...

The chorion lies closest to the placenta. The chorionic sac encompasses the fetus and ... containment of the amniotic fluid, and secretion of substances into the amniotic fluid.

Most of it will simply be discharged from the body through the vaginal opening. Thanks to the placenta, amniotic sac, and mucus plug covering the cervix, your baby has a protection system that’s very ...

Twins that share the same placenta often have uncoordinated growth ... This happens when an unborn baby’s cord slips through the cervix and into the vagina, after the amniotic sac breaks, and before ...

Researchers have made new discoveries about amniotic fluid, a substance historically not well understood in medical research due to the difficulty in obtaining it during pregnancy, especially across ...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol—a necessary hormone for ...

Federal regulators have warned a Waco company that its human amniotic products are “unlicensed” and “unapproved,” and that its manufacturing process violates safety regulations.