The umbilical cord is a pretty big deal – after all, that miraculous tube of tissue connects your growing baby to your placenta. So if you've been diagnosed with velamentous cord insertion or a ...

Ruptured vasa previa is rare but usually catastrophic if delivery is not imminent. We present a case of ruptured vasa previa in velamentous cord insertion placenta. The fetus survived despite 6 h of a ...

When Dawn Ballard was pregnant with her daughter Naya Seray, 2, she had dreams of a home, unmedicated water birth; Her husband, Numb3rs star Alimi Ballard, had a different vision entirely — one that ...