A poem is a piece of writing that expresses a thought, a feeling or a story. World Poetry Day is a day that celebrates poems and all things poetry! It is celebrated every year on 21 March. World ...

When Claire L. found out she was pregnant, she was ecstatic but a little nervous. Every one of her female relatives on her mother’s side—her grandma, her mom, her aunts, her sister—had needed a ...

COVID-19 vaccination is not the cause behind a decrease in childbirth, according to a study from Linköping University, Sweden. The results, published in the journal Communications Medicine, speak to ...

Welsh beaches may be among the cleanest in the UK, but that doesn’t mean that pollution isn’t an issue in Wales. Tonnes of plastic waste are discarded into the oceans each year. What are we doing to ...

Under normal conditions, a mother is pregnant for about 38 weeks before entering labor, the process of delivering her baby. As labor begins, the mother's body produces large quantities of the hormone ...

Birth control, like sterilization, is a way for men and women to prevent pregnancy. There are many different birth control; some types also protect against sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs. An ...

Children develop at different paces, but the average birth weight of a full-term male baby is 3.3 kilograms (kg) and 3.2 kg for a female. Growth charts can provide a guide to the average weight of a ...