Healthy Pregnancy Blog

Preterm birth is associated with health conditions that can impact babies at birth and throughout the rest of their lifetime....

A baby’s birth is considered to be preterm (or premature) if they are born before the start of the 37th...

For more information about preterm birth, including the categories of prematurity and the health problems that preemies may face, check...

1. Premature Babies Are Classified by How Early They Were Born On average, most full-term pregnancies last about 40 weeks....

In this article, you’ll learn the important role of the cervix in pregnancy and labor. We’ll cover the cervical changes...

A premature birth—or preterm birth—happens when a baby is born three or more weeks early. Since the average full-term pregnancy...

The average full-term pregnancy lasts 40 weeks. A premature birth—or preterm birth—is a birth that occurs before 37 weeks of...

Preterm birth, or a birth that happens before 37 weeks of pregnancy, is the leading cause of infant death and...

Inspired by her journey with Colette, Michelle and her husband founded The Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation, whose mission is to...

...my child despite the consequences and a few weeks later I began having preterm contractions. I moved back to California at 32 weeks gestation…