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Pregnancy & Birth


Everything you need to know about how to care for yourself and your baby during pregnancy and childbirth

(Illustrative) Medically accurate illustration of human sperms.

Health Ministry tightens oversight as demand for sperm donations surges

A wave of patriotism that also influences particularly intimate and emotional choices

The unusual demand of Israeli women choosing a sperm donor

By Doron Kuperstein
An ultrasound image of a tumor seen on a fetus (illustrative)

Israeli medical team removes 'largest-ever' facial tumor found on fetus

Almog, Roi and Kochav

Adding light: From a fragile beginning to giving life to others

Maternal thyroid hormones are essential for the neurological development of the fetus

Israeli study reveals: Common pregnancy condition that increases autism risk by 2.5 times

By AVICHAI HAIM
Surgeon preforming circumcision undee local anaesthesia on muslim children in Malaysia.

Surgeon saves three-year-olds penis after botched barber-led circumcision

An opportunity arises to pause, breathe, and listen inward

Placental errors may explain gestational diabetes risks

By PESACH BENSON/TPS
Dr White, Tsofiya and the baby.

Israeli hospital performs world's first robotic closed abdominal surgery on pregnant patient

The home ultrasound. Pregnancy monitoring even without going to the hospital

Israel's Pulsenmore gains FDA approval for at-home ultrasound device

Pain in pregnancy

The womb speaks: How do the body and the fetus communicate with each other?

By Irit Angel
An embryo in the 9th to 10th week.

Baby born from embryo frozen for 30 years breaks record

Pregnancy (Illustrative)

How stress affects pregnancy: Israeli study finds war may lead to obstetric complications

 Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, on September 22, 2024

Giving birth under fire: How Israeli mothers are coping under Iranian missile attacks

An opportunity arises to pause, breathe, and listen inward

Pregnancy in a time of uncertainty: How to calm yourself at home

By Irit Angel
A mother comforts her child.

"The monster came out": How to stop the yelling at home before it starts

By Yifat Sani , a certified parent coach
 Sperm.

Forget the egg and spoon! Los Angeles prepares for first ever sperm racing competition

 Grace Davidson gives birth to UK's first baby after womb transplant from sister.

Miracle baby? Woman gives birth after womb transplant in breakthrough scientific advancement

 PROF. URI ALON: Over the course of three years, we examined data on Israeli Jews and Arabs, ultra-Orthodox (haredi) and Bedouin women who give birth to large children.

New Israeli comprehensive study examines massive physiological load of childbirth

 Prof. Michael Schimmel at work.

Helping preemies: Prof. Michael Schimmel spent a lifetimes solving problems facing premature babies

 Baby (Illustrative)

Navigating reproductive health in Israel is no easy feat

 AN ABORTION rights activist charges that the US Supreme Court is ‘illegitimate,’ at a protest in Washington, in June, on the first anniversary of the court ruling which overturned Roe v Wade.

‘Politicians in robes’: How a sharp right turn has endangered trust in the US Supreme Court

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