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The sperm can swin inside the vagina if it lands close enough (Photo: Pixabay)

Ways women can get pregnant without having sex

Apart from penetrative sex, there are less changes that a woman might get pregnant but the possibility remains.

18 April 2017 4:00 PM IST

She defied all odds for this miracle after 10 years of effort (Photo: AFP)

Woman with two vaginas pregnant with miracle baby

Krista was born with two sets of reproductive organs but discovered she had two vaginas only when she was 30.

18 April 2017 3:06 PM IST

The positioning of sex selection versus access to abortion is not only misplaced, it immensely harms womens physical and emotional health.

India's abortion wars

A woman must have the right to decide whether she wants to continue a pregnancy or not. A woman's decision about her own...

17 April 2017 6:26 AM IST

Unsafe abortion is the third biggest cause of maternal deaths in India.

Discourse: Returning women their body

India was one of the 15 countries that passed a liberal abortion law in 1971.

17 April 2017 6:26 AM IST

If those muscles are compromised in any way during foetal development, those functions are also likely to be compromised in the newborn baby. (Photo: Pixabay)

Maternal malnutrition damages baby's muscles

Scientists propose that malnutrition and stress are two major environmental factors that affect foetal growth.

4 Feb 2017 11:56 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pregnant women with PTSD have higher levels of stress hormone

Researchers at the University of Michigan conducted the study.

6 Dec 2017 2:07 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Lack of sleep in pregnancy may contribute to gestational diabetes

5 Dec 2017 10:35 AM IST

A 36-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly pushed off a moving train by her boyfriend in West Bengals Malda district. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

It is a woman's 'choice' to have baby or abort pregnancy: SC judge

He also talked about the criminal practice of female foeticide and the role of men and families in it.

11 Feb 2017 5:14 PM IST

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Rosie announces she's expecting

Has confirmed rumours of her pregnancy with a post on Instagram.

11 Feb 2017 12:14 AM IST

The mother has a blog called Channel Mum which has over 30,000 followers to whom she live streamed the videos. (Photo: Facebook)

Welsh mother live streams child birth on social media

Ysis was initially nervous but received a lot of support from her followers on Facebook

10 Feb 2017 4:53 PM IST

Plastic bottles contain hormone-disrupting chemicals that can cause cancer, diabetes, ADHD and autism.

Drinking from plastic bottle while pregnant makes babies obese

Polycarbonate plastic water bottles contain a chemical bisphenol A which is a hormone disruptor for women

8 Feb 2017 8:48 AM IST

The chances of obese women taking longer to conceive during pregnancy were as high as 59 percent. (Photo: Pixabay)

Obese women may take longer to conceive, says study

Couples' obesity may reduce fertility chances when they are trying to conceive

6 Feb 2017 6:58 PM IST