Baby's first poop is one of the first milestones your little one will hit — maybe even before coming out of the womb. The official name for this bowel movement is called meconium and fair warning: it ...

Sometimes — before birth or during labor and delivery — a baby inhales a mixture of amniotic fluid and a substance called meconium into his lungs. This is called meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS), ...

The widely practised procedure of suctioning babies to prevent a potentially fatal respiratory disease is probably ineffective, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Around ...

It is one of those questions many parents quietly wonder about but rarely ask out loud. Do babies actually poop inside the womb? It sounds unusual. But it does happen, and in some cases, it requires ...