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pregnancy

A baby born via c-section

Health

C-section babies have a different microbiome - but not for long

Babies born by caesarean section have different gut bacteria to those born vaginally – but the differences largely disappear after six to nine months

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Women who are pregnant tend to get less sleep

Mind

Boosting circadian rhythms can help relieve perinatal depression

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IVF

Technology

IVF add-ons are a waste of money – fertility clinics should ban them

Comment

folic acid supplements

Health

Folic acid seems to be essential for fathers-to-be as well as mothers

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woman and child at Rabai hospital, Kenya

Health

When US pulls overseas abortion funding, abortion rates go up not down

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A person looks at a pregnancy test

Health

IVF success rates peak as only one in four attempts achieve pregnancy

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Sperm bank. Frozen sperm stored in liquid nitrogen.

Health

Storing sperm in a freezer for a decade hardly affects birth rates

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Indian wall painting about menstruation

Health

The pioneering podcast that's breaking the silence on women's health

Culture

How Lucy Wills discovered a medical marvel in Marmite

Health

How Lucy Wills discovered a medical marvel in Marmite

Regulars

Hormone treatment may help prevent miscarriages in some pregnancies

Health

Hormone treatment may help prevent miscarriages in some pregnancies

The hormone progesterone may help prevent miscarriages in women who experience bleeding in early pregnancy and have previously lost pregnancies

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Life

Don't miss: Visualising inequality, space comms and a rare pregnancy

Culture

Health

Pre-eclampsia blood test could help diagnose the condition earlier

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Health

People are seeking sperm donors online, but are the risks worth it?

Insight

Health

Women could use their own uteruses as incubators for IVF embryos

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