Routine pregnancy scan left mom fearing she wouldn't see baby grow up

A first-time mom was diagnosed with a rare cancer after a routine pregnancy scan. Dolly Chhabria, 37, found out she was ...

Pregnancy changes the brain – and we are only beginning to understand how and why

Pregnancy reshapes the brain more profoundly than scientists ever imagined – and a landmark new study is finally mapping exactly how.
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A Pregnant Woman's Brain Was Mapped for the First Time — Here's How It Changed

“Sciences have historically ignored women’s health,” says the lead researcher, as a possible explanation for why the scan had never been done before LWA/Getty; Nature Neuroscience For the first time, ...

'I went for routine pregnancy scan - then found out I have rare cancer'

A mum-to-be nearly said no to a routine pregnancy scan, which later revealed she had a rare and 'aggressive' form of cancer - ...

Pregnant women's brains shed grey matter to prime them for motherhood, study suggests

The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, was not designed to look directly at the long-held notion of so-called baby brain - the brain fog and memory problems that some women say ...
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Woman Visits Doctor Thinking She’s 9 Weeks Pregnant, Gets Shock of Her Life

A woman has recorded the moment she went for her first ultrasound and saw that something wasn't quite right. TikTok user Malandra (@agv.xx6) thought she was nine weeks pregnant, but the scan revealed ...
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Second Pregnancy Does Something Unique to The Brain, Study Reveals

(Oscar Wong/Moment/Getty Images) A second pregnancy alters the brain in distinctive ways that are not simply a repeat of the first, new research shows. Compared with women having their first child and ...