Dr. Jim Kennedy, of the Royal College of General Practitioners, head of prescribing, notes that pregnant women are often told not to take many medications without scientific proof of its harm.

Dr. Kennedy worries, according to a BBC report, that women may be risking their health more by not being treated in the best way

A British charity, Tommy, that funds national research programs to prevent miscarriage and stillbirths believes that antibiotic metronidazole may double the risk of pre-term deliveries, according to reports.

"Clinicians and high-risk pregnant women should be aware of this research outcome so that we can avoid escalation of pre-term birth and in turn, save more babies' lives," says Professor Andrew Shennan, of St Thomas' Hospital London and professor of obstetrics for the charity, in a Reuters report

A new study finds that smoking while pregnant may result in the baby having extra, missing, or webbed fingers and toes.

Researchers analyzed information from a national database on U.S. births and found pregnant smokers were 31 percent more likely to have infants with birth defects than non-smokers

Pregnant mothers that take Vitamin D may help to strengthen their children's bones later in life.

A study, featured in the Lancet, shows that mothers who take supplements or are exposed to more sunlight, which helps the body grow its own vitamin D, according to BBC Health, have children with greater bone densities

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) we be made available to teenagers trying to quit smoking.

Health Minister Jane Kennedy announces that the limits on the use of NRT, will be relaxed in order to get more young people to stop smoking