A full-term pregnancy lasts around 40 weeks. However, sometimes labour may start early. If labour starts after 20 weeks and before 37 weeks, then it is called preterm labour or premature labour. This ...
A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but most parents know this number is only a rough estimate. Babies are born on a seemingly unpredictable timeline, with a normal pregnancy ranging from 38 to ...
In honor of Women’s Health Month, reproductive health researcher and Assistant Professor Scott Barnett from the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology shares the sobering reality of the rising ...
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Back labor and what it feels like

Medically reviewed by Cordelia Nwankwo, MD Key Takeaways Back labor pain often happens because the baby's head presses on the ...
UCSF researchers discovered a molecular timer that gets activated in the first days of pregnancy and influences when mice give birth. A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but most parents know ...