Pregnancy triggers many changes to the body, but there's one that may surprise many women. A hidden change is that the heart has to pump, on average, nearly 50% more blood by the end of pregnancy than ...

You can typically hear your baby's heartbeat with a Doppler stethoscope between weeks 9 and 12 of pregnancy. Here are six simple reasons why you might not. One of the most exciting pregnancy ...

Your baby's heart rate is one of the most important signs your doctor monitors during labour. A drop in the heart rate can be ...

Before he was born, Brooks Klingsporn received a cutting-edge cardiac surgery for a life-threatening fetal heart defect, HLHS.

Five major pregnancy complications are strong lifelong risk factors for ischemic heart disease, a new study finds, with the greatest risk coming in the decade after delivery.Ischemic heart disease ...

HealthDay News — Recommendations have been developed for managing heart failure in pregnancy and published online Sept. 22 in a Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series in Pregnancy.