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If your baby doesn't move into a head-first position on their own, your healthcare provider may attempt to do an external version. Your healthcare provider will try to rotate your baby by pressing down on your belly. Your healthcare provider may give you medicine to relax your uterus. This can make it easier for them to rotate your baby. During a version, your healthcare provider will use ultrasound to watch your baby.

Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens only during pregnancy. Changes that occur in your body during pregnancy cause your blood sugar (glucose) to be too high. This can cause problems for the baby and for you.

Here are tips for first, second, and third trimesters to cope with issues like nausea, fatigue, mood swings, and headaches.

Your healthcare provider may describe the progress of your labor in terms of your baby's position and station, as well as by the effacement and dilation of your cervix. Learn more about the 3 stages of labor.

A fractured bone starts to heal right away. But a treatment called reduction may help you heal better. Reduction is a process that repositions your bones.

A cone biopsy is a quick outpatient surgery used to find and treat a problem in the cervix. It takes less than an hour, and you'll be able to go home the same day.

Labor induction is a way to help get your labor started. This can protect your health and your baby's, too.

Even before you become pregnant, your health matters to your future baby. Adopt good health habits today. And take care of any health problems you have before becoming pregnant.

The first trimester is a time of rapid development for your baby. Read on to learn about all the changes.