At some point during pregnancy you’ll probably reach a moment where you wonder whether what you just felt was hunger, gas, or the baby moving. Feeling your baby move or kick for the first time is an ...

In movies, a carefully constructed buildup prepares the audience for a dramatic event. There’s thoughtfully chosen music, eerie foreshadowing, and perhaps a tingle that runs down our spines as we ...

During the fetal stage, a number of so-called cell programs run that are vital to the development of the fetus. In a study published in Cell Reports, researchers from Lund University demonstrate that ...

Significant differences in the gene activity of the fetal intestine, brain and placenta were identified, depending on the microbes in the mother's body and the compounds produced by them. The findings ...

A bill requiring schools to teach about fetal development starting in first grade is advancing in the Iowa Senate. Schools would have to show students a computer-generated or animated video of human ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

The "human growth and development" lessons must include "A high-definition ultrasound video, at least three (3) minutes in duration, showing the development of the brain, heart, sex organs, and other ...