A baby's heart starts beating at about five weeks into pregnancy and increases its rate by three beats per minute daily for the first month. The normal fetal heart rate ranges from 110 to 160 beats ...

Just three times the width of a human hair, the probe is slim enough to pass through a standard tube already used during ...

Northwestern University researchers have developed the first device that can continuously track a fetus's vital signs while ...

A world-renowned team at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia performed fetal surgery to remove a tumor on the lining of an unborn baby girl’s heart. Months later, she is healthy, thriving, and at home ...

Working with doctors at Lurie Children’s Hospital, Northwestern University researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind ...

Diabetes during pregnancy—whether pre-existing or gestational—may lead to increased fat accumulation around the fetal heart, according to a new meta-analysis published in Biomolecules and Biomedicine.

Home fetal doppler devices were banned from sale in Australia last year but they are still readily available for purchase ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2025 – Playing music has long been a way for expectant parents to connect with their children in the womb, but a group of researchers has found evidence it can calm fetal heart ...

A leader in complex prenatal diagnosis, CHLA’s fetal cardiology program offers families the highest level of comprehensive care and expertise. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has opened its new Fetal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Pregnant patients with very low anti-Ro antibody titers of less than 1,000 units per mL have minimal ...

After a routine ultrasound at 24 weeks, Brailey and Louis Valenzuela learned some unexpected news about their baby, Arley — she had an olive-sized tumor on her heart known as pericardial teratoma. “We ...