Image credit: Studio Firma/Stocksy. The female body goes through a variety of physical changes during pregnancy, including alterations to the brain. Most of the changes are due to pregnancy hormones.

D uring pregnancy, the body isn’t the only thing going through big changes—your brain does, too.For years, scientists knew the brain changed in motherhood, but only recently have they ...

The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small.

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Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara and their colleagues investigated the structural changes to the brain of one woman from before pregnancy through to postpartum, totaling more than two years of study.

"Furthermore, the [gray matter] volume changes of pregnancy predict measures of postpartum mother-to-child attachment and hostility," the study said, explaining that brain changes could be ...

NewsCenter 5 speaks to Dr. Natalie Feldman, a psychiatrist at Mass. General Brigham, to ask her to explain what "baby brain" or "mom brain" is, a common symptom many women say they experience ...

Adriana Smith's been on life support 90+ days with weeks to go in her pregnancy. Her family questions Georgia’s heartbeat law ...