Joe and Crystal Ossello braced themselves for perhaps only five minutes to meet their daughter, Harlow. They got 15½ hours together. Harlow had a neural tube defect called anencephaly, which means ...

Q: Which doctor should I consult for avoiding anencephaly? A: During pregnancy you should always be in touch with your gynaecologist, who will carry out the necessary tests in consultation with a ...

Anencephaly is a neural tube defect where the brain and skull do not form fully by about the fourth week of pregnancy. It is incurable and survival is usually only hours to days, with many stillbirths ...

A mother in Tennessee decided to carry her baby to full term even after doctors told her that the baby would live only for about 30 minutes. She made the decision so that her baby’s other organs may ...

A recent viral tweet on X (formerly known as Twitter) by a Nigerian mother shared a heartbreaking story. She had missed her antenatal check-ups because she was hustling for money, and only went for a ...

The Pennsylvania parents, who did a bucket list for their terminally ill baby Shane, had to say goodbye to him just hours after meeting him. But before he was born, baby Shane got to see the 9/11 ...

Anencephaly is a type of neural tube defect. During pregnancy, your baby's brain and spine start to form as a flat disk of cells. This flat disk rolls into a tube-like structure called the neural tube ...