A woman named Emily Boazman straight up shocked the internet when she recently shared her experience having excessive amniotic fluid (the liquid that surrounds a baby in utero): At the beginning of ...

In the last decade or so, organoids have taken the scientific world by storm. From mini-brains to hearts and even boobs, these miniature, simplified versions of human body parts are expanding our ...

One minute emergency room nurse Hailey Okula was sharing a “quick little laugh” with her husband over their newborn son and the next, she was gone. That’s how LA firefighter Matthew Okula described ...

Amniotic fluid helps the foetus move, grow its lungs, and stay at a comfortable temperature. Smoking while pregnant might lower the amount of amniotic fluid by changing how blood flows through the ...

As a fetus develops, its body is bathed in amniotic fluid: a warm, salty soup of nutrients, hormones, and antibodies produced by its mother. And into that fluid, a fetus is constantly sloughing off or ...

Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a life-threatening condition that affects pregnant women shortly before, during, or immediately after labor and delivery. It is a syndrome marked by the start of ...

Amniotic fluid is a liquid that surrounds and protects your baby in the womb. When there’s too much amniotic fluid in your womb, though, that condition is called polyhydramnios. It can cause ...

A Trenton woman gave birth and then, within the hour, was in a coma. Ashley Zinn was given just a 30 percent chance to live after being diagnosed with an amniotic fluid embolism.In a story you will ...

UK mom suffers a rare, but often fatal pregnancy event: amniotic fluid embolism. Jan. 8, 2013— -- Angela Cottam was in the middle of heavy labor with a set of twins when she suddenly began ...