People often wonder if a fetus can hear while in the womb. Many expectant parents will speak to or play music for a developing fetus. Evidence suggests that the auditory system starts forming at the ...

You’re at a new stage in your pregnancy, and it’s an exciting one. Until now, your baby was an embryo, busy forming the basic structures of the body. Now, your baby officially becomes a foetus. From ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United States evaluated the effects of maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-associated stress and fetal ...