It's totally normal to wonder about your baby's size during pregnancy – and even to imagine how big your baby is using various fruits and vegetables. But don't expect your healthcare provider to give ...

A study in Brazil involving 89 father-mother-baby triads points to an association between paternal overweight and newborn birth weight: the higher the father's body mass index (BMI, weight divided by ...

Exposure to air pollution significantly reduces foetus size during pregnancy, according to a new study by Brisbane scientists. Queensland University of Technology senior research fellow Dr Adrian ...

One-size-fits-all fetal growth charts used in the NHS to monitor babies' growth before birth often misclassify babies as ...

Fetal macrosomia is the medical term for when a baby is born much larger than the average size for their gestational age. Gestational age refers to the amount of time the fetus has been in the uterus.

Fetuses that are either too small or too large are at increased risk for stillbirth, a large new study says. Researchers analyzed all the stillbirths that occurred over 2.5 years at 59 hospitals in ...

Big babies, while being very cute, can cause several complications during pregnancy. Babies that weigh more than 8 pounds, 13 ounces when born are diagnosed with a condition called fetal macrosomia. A ...