During gestation, the fetus floats in a protective pool of amniotic fluid. 6 The yellowish liquid contains a concoction of nutrients and antibodies produced by the parent as well as less glamorous ...

Amniotic fluid is the vital fluid that surrounds and protects a fetus during pregnancy. In addition to providing much-needed cushion and protection for the fetus, it also aids in development of ...

Viewer discretion is advised. A video from a Spanish hospital captures the moment a baby is born within the amniotic sac, an occurrence that only happens 1 in every 80,000 births. It is also known ...

During the Carboniferous era, there were many amphibians; the first reptile evolved from labyrinthodont ancestor. Amniotic egg appears very early in reptilian evolution. Egg has several special ...

Lyric Mariah Heard spoke with "Good Morning America" about her life as a model born with a rare birth defect and using humor to destigmatize limb differences.

Oligohydramnios is a condition during pregnancy when you have too little amniotic fluid around your baby. It occurs in about 4% of to-term pregnancies, but it becomes more common (increasing to ...

Cassandra Moore suffered an amniotic fluid embolism, a rare and life-threatening childbirth complication, while giving birth to her third child. Doctors were able to revive Cassandra after nearly ...