Pregnancy

Taja Welton is ready for her daughter to be born. She’s moved into a bigger house, one with room for a nursery. She has a closet full of pink, Minnie...

Intense stress faced by new moms can also affect the emotional development of their baby. That's a good reason to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income…

Twice as many United States women are dying in childbirth today as in 1990, even though all other wealthy nations have seen declines in maternal mortality…

The St. Louis region has long grappled with high rates of sexually transmitted infections, but an uptick in syphilis among women of child-bearing age is…

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen is considering a bill that would bar employers and landlords from discriminating against women who are pregnant, use…

The economy needs babies, but working women are often told that having kids will hurt their careers. So, researchers from Washington University in St.…

Women who are an unhealthy weight during their first pregnancy might have a false sense of security if their babies are born with no complications. But a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 15, 2012 - When she was Missouri's maternal child health epidemiologist about a decade ago,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 14, 2010 - So-called "outreach moms" are among the most important links in the Healthy Start…

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