When mothers become infected with influenza during their pregnancy, it may increase the risk for schizophrenia in their offspring. Influenza is a very common virus and so there has been substantial concern about this association. A new study in the June 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier suggests that the observed association depends upon a pre-existing vulnerability in the fetus.

Roger Federer's new wife Mirka Vavrinec is pregnant and is due in August. This is just about the time of Federer's birthday. She is watching as Roger plays at the French Open 2009 men's final. Will her pregnancy help Federer to be this year's French Open winner? Here is why.

It took a while, but you knew it was coming, didn't you? Nadya Suleman, also known as "Octomom" because she world's longest-surviving set of octuplets has signed a deal to star in a reality television series.

In terms of pregnancy, at least, a new study, published in the June edition of the journal Contraception, indicates that the old "withdrawal" method, pulling out just before ejaculation, works nearly as well as a condom.

She's no Octomom, but her pregnancy is bound to raise eyebrows, as well as debate. Elizabeth Adeney, a 66-year-old woman from Suffolk, England, is eight-months pregnant. Yes, pregnant at 66, and loving it.

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have identified in mice two proteins essential for ovulation to take place.

Nausea and vomiting are telltale Pregnancy Symptoms, affecting more than 80 percent of future mothers. For a few moms-to-be, Pregnancy Symptoms can become so severe that hospitalization is required.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), citing a 15-year study, reported that pregnancy discrimination rose 65%. The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) compiled recommendations for how employers and employees could reverse – or at least slow – the surprising trend.

Young women who develop breast cancer during their pregnancy, or who are diagnosed within one year of their pregnancy, have no difference in rates of local recurrence, distant metastases and overall survival compared to other young women with the disease, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that the elevation in estradiol levels that occurs during pregnancy is more pronounced in pregnant women with restless legs syndrome (RLS) than in controls.

Information about the mother of the California eight has been scarce as the media and those close to her attempt to respect her wish for anonymity; but with the eyes of the world upon the famed newborns the woman’s mother, Angela Suleman, has stepped forward to provide details about her daughter.

A California woman gave birth to octuplets today; an event which has only been repeated once in recorded U.S. history.