Not every birth defect is associated with something we can do to prevent it. But those we can prevent, we should.

You really need to have the folic acid taken on a regular basis three months prior to conception. Pregnancy is not a nine-month event. It should be considered a one-year event, with the first months spent preparing your body.

Since alcohol is not considered a drug, people think it is safe. But at a critical time in the development of a fetus, it can cause birth defects.

Birth partners can have potentially beneficial effects on maternal birth experiences.

When you put someone on the birth control pill, you block a lot of the ovarian production [of testosterone].

Beyond a year, we don't know [what happens]. The question is, does the birth control pill imprint on the body a signal to continue making this protein that attaches to the testosterone? If so, these women would have less testosterone.