Pregnancy

The new DC Mother-Baby Wellness Program at Children’s National Hospital lets mothers receive medical, social and mental health support in the same place where their babies get checkups. The director said that while women sometimes don’t prioritize their own health care appointments, “we know that they will bring their babies to see their pediatrician.” News4’s Eun Yang...

A new study looked at whether it’s OK for pregnant women to take ADHD medication. “This does add some weight to the possibility that it’s OK to take these medications for some women,” psychiatrist Joshua Weiner told News4’s Eun Yang.

Pregnancy can make a woman age faster, a study released by the National Academy of Sciences found. Here’s what the study said and what a MedStar Health doctor said it means.

An Alabama mother who had her son using IVF and a sperm bank in Fairfax talks about a sweeping ruling that could affect her ability to have a second child. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Moms are responding to a screen grab recently posted to X, a maternity model for Shein wore a blue compression tights and a matching long sleeve workout top.

The author and journalist revealed that she’d welcomed her second child, a boy, with her husband, Christopher Robinson.

When Keisha Sethi became pregnant with her first child, she anticipated heartburn and morning sickness. She did not expect that she would start turning everything she touched blue. 

Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units and the number keeps dropping. It’s forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care.

For years now, D.C. resident Chantil Thomas has dreamed of having a baby. She has endometriosis, which can make it difficult to get pregnant. Soon, she and others who live or work in D.C. will have more options. Congress just approved a new D.C. law that will require health insurers to cover in vitro fertilization treatment. D.C. Council Member...

A new D.C. law will help ease some of the costs of treating infertility. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

A Detroit woman is suing the city and a police detective after she was falsely arrested because of facial recognition technology while she was eight months pregnant, according to court documents.

Federal health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat severe depression after childbirth, a condition that affects thousands of new mothers in the U.S. each year.

“It’s so unnecessarily and unbelievably cruel.”

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which takes effect Tuesday, requires employers to make “reasonable accommodations” for pregnant and postpartum people.

It’s a baby boom at one Virginia hospital where 12 NICU employees were all pregnant at once.

The influencer underwent brain surgery and an emergency C-section at the same time after an aneurysm ruptured, according to her family.

After experiencing two pregnancy losses, Maya Vander has welcomed another baby with her husband David Miller.

Connecticut is one of 17 states that brought the case to protect the abortion medication after conflicting court rulings over its legality.

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering an unproven drug intended to prevent premature births off the market.

A hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho is ending labor and delivery services, citing staffing issues and the state’s “legal and political climate.”