Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, the second leading cause of maternal deaths worldwide, may be sending a significantly higher number of pregnant people to the emergency department.

A mother relives congenital heart journey through newborn.

Experts discuss pregnancy and heart health.

Jourdan Triebwasser, M.D., medical director of the University of Michigan Health Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital Birth Center and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist with a particular interest in this condition, shares more about detecting and treating the condition, and the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in maternal-fetal outcomes.

Michigan Medicine researchers spearhead an innovative strategy allowing an artificial circuit to safely support premature sheep without anticoagulation, overcoming a major barrier in artificial placenta research.

One mother balances between her severe aortic stenosis, her son in the NICU and her six kids

A new study suggests that inducing labor at 39 weeks for low-risk pregnancies may not reduce the risk of C-sections or improve outcomes.

Research finds life-threatening birth experiences among Medicaid enrollees vary widely by state and race-ethnicity.

Rural residents have lower rates of continuous health insurance before, during and after pregnancy compared to those in urban cities

To address persistent racial disparities and inequities in maternal health in Black and low-income communities, centering the patient voice is key.

A new mother with quadriplegia reflects on what she thought was an impossible dream of growing her family.

Complicated heart issues put one woman at high risk for pregnancy, but a team of skilled doctors helped her give birth to two healthy children.

More than a year after a complex separation surgery, Sarabeth and Amelia Irwin are “as individual as can be.”

Black women were twice as likely to get COVID-19 as white women, preeclampsia risk higher for all infected pregnant people in multicenter Michigan study.

After a long, difficult journey with complex congenital heart disease, Valentina is making new memories with her family.