Safely prepare and store breast milk.

Anencephaly is a birth defect that affects the closing of the neural tube during pregnancy.

Hypospadias is a birth defect among boys in which the opening of the urethra is located somewhere along the underside of the penis instead o...

An omphalocele is a birth defect in which the infant's intestine or other organs within the abdomen stick out of the belly button or navel i...

Gastroschisis occurs during pregnancy when the muscles of the wall of the baby's abdomen do not form correctly.

Researchers and health care providers use the term neural tube defects to describe one important category of birth defects.

Many moms report that breastfeeding can be tender at first until both they and their baby find comfortable breastfeeding positions and a goo...

Jaundice is a condition that is common in many newborns. It appears as a yellowing of the skin and eyes and is caused by an excess of biliru...

Some babies have a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which occurs when the muscle at the opening of the stomach opens...

In the early weeks after birth, you should wake your baby to breastfeed if four hours have passed since the beginning of the last feeding.