EditorialLaneta Lafayette, an expectant mother, has her blood pressure reading taken by Asia Nickerson during a prenatal appointment in Union, N.J. on Jan. 7, 2021. (Alice Proujansky/The New York Times)
EditorialAudreanna Lewis, left, a nurse-midwife, examines D'Asia Newton during a prenatal visit at Sisters in Birth, a maternity clinic, in Jackson, Miss., July 21, 2022. (Ariel Cobbert/The New York Times)
EditorialRev. Tomasz Kancelarczyk reviews posters used to teach about prenatal human development, in Szczecin, Poland, on July 8, 2022. (Anna Liminowicz/The New York Times)
EditorialEXCLUSIVE: Heidi Pratt picks up some pregnancy Craving snacks and Prenatal Pills at Erewhon, Heidi is pregnant with her second child and due in December
EditorialLeanne Jamieson, executive director of Prestonwood Pregnancy Center, who said she was considering expanding prenatal medical care amid growing demand, in Richardson, Texas, Sept. 3, 2021. (Nitashia Johnson/The New York Times)
EditorialAn image provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine of Rebecca Lee Crumpler?s ?A Book of Medical Discourses? (1883), which is considered a precursor to ?What to Expect When You?re Expecting,? the prenatal bible for pregnant women that was published more than a century later. (U.S. National Library of Medicine via The New York Times)