A healthy embryo and an adequately built up endometrium are needed for successful implantation. The endometrium undergoes cyclic changes. Following menstruation, when the functional layer of the ...

LIVINGSTON, N.J. & RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A retrospective analysis of anonymous oocyte (egg) donation cycles, comparing the pregnancy outcomes between vaginally-administered ...

Women who are pregnant or using synthetic progesterone birth control injections have a vulnerability to infections including malaria, Listeria, HIV, and herpes simplex virus. New research shows that ...

A normal menstrual cycle has 3 phases: menstruation, the follicular phase, and the luteal phase. In the follicular phase, the emerging follicle produces increasing amount of estradiol that leads to ...

New research findings may soon help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments by identifying which women at higher risk for preterm birth will be helped by progesterone injections. New ...

Lauren Fleming was born 3½ months early and weighed just a smidge over 2 lbs. When her mother, Nikki Fleming, got pregnant again, her doctor administered weekly progesterone injections. Fleming’s next ...

A re-analysis of a series of studies of vaginally-administered progesterone versus intramuscular progesterone injections demonstrates that, when evaluating optimal dosing, clinical results are ...

In 2002, one out every eight babies was born prematurely. Doctors say many complications can occur when a baby arrives too early. Hormone injections may help women carry their babies to full term.

A therapy first tried in the 1960s can both extend a pregnancy in a woman who is at risk of giving birth prematurely and reduce a newborn’s risk of complications, a new study finds. The drug, 17-alpha ...

Update: KV Pharmaceutical changed its name to Lumara Health, two days after this post was published. I'm 34 weeks pregnant and working hard to keep this baby inside me for as long as possible. As with ...