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Detailed information on birth injury, including the most common types.

A baby may have the blood type and Rh factor of either parent, or a combination of both parents.

Heart problems are the most common kind of birth defects. While children with some heart defects can be monitored by a doctor and treated with medicine, others will need to have surgery.

A diaphragmatic hernia is a birth defect. It happens in a baby during pregnancy. In this condition, there’s an opening in your baby’s diaphragm. This is the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the belly cavity. Read on to learn about symptoms and treatments, including surgery.

During pregnancy, the fetal lungs are not used for breathing - the placenta does the work of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide through the mother's circulation. With the first breaths of air the baby takes at birth, the fetal circulation changes.

Gastroesophageal reflux is a digestive disorder. With this condition, acidic stomach juices, food, and fluids flow back up into your child’s esophagus. Read on to learn about causes, symptoms, and treatment.

Hypospadias is a problem where the opening of the urethra is not at the tip of the penis. Learn more about this condition, including what causes it, who is at risk, what the symptoms are, and how it's diagnosed and treated.

Colic is when a healthy baby cries for a very long time for no obvious reason. It is a common problem that affects some babies during the first 6 weeks of life.

Constipation means that a child has very hard stools and has fewer bowel movements than normal. It's a very common gastrointestinal (GI) problem.