Getting pregnant

Everything you need to know about getting pregnant, including early signs and symptoms, tips on how to conceive faster, and how to cope with infertility.

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week: Holding out hope

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week: Holding out hope

For Canadian Infertility Awareness Week, we asked five incredible, strong women to share their infertility stories.

Lee-Anne Maier

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week: The roller-coaster ride

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week: The roller-coaster ride

For Canadian Infertility Awareness Week, we asked five incredible, strong women to share their infertility stories.

Vivian McNeill

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week: A long road

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week: A long road

For Canadian Infertility Awareness Week, we asked five incredible, strong women to share their infertility stories.

Amanda Myer

Miscarriage and pregnancy loss: causes, treatment and research

Miscarriage and pregnancy loss: causes, treatment and research

What causes miscarriage and pregnancy loss, and can it be treated or prevented? We look at the latest medical research.

Jessica Leeder

Secondary infertility

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Secondary infertility

There’s an assumption that secondary infertility isn’t as intense as you already have a child. The feelings of angst and desire for a child are no different.

Lisa Kadane

Starting a family: Is there a golden age for having children?

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Starting a family: Is there a golden age for having children?

Having babies well into your 30s/40s is becoming less taboo. CityNews reporter Galit Solomon reflects on her decision to have a child later in life.

Galit Solomon

This Coke ad about starting a family will make you smile

This Coke ad about starting a family will make you smile

A new Coke ad paints a realistic picture of starting a family and parenting that will make you smile (and maybe tear up a bit).

Nadine Silverthorne

Infertility: How much would you spend to have a baby?

Infertility: How much would you spend to have a baby?

A diagnosis of infertility and the possible years of treatments that follow is a hard enough blow for hopeful one-day parents, but what about the blow to their bank accounts?

Lisa van de Geyn

Fertility treatments: Our reader survey

Fertility treatments: Our reader survey

Readers weigh in on infertility, including the costs associated with treatment and the reasons people who can't conceive don't always seek assistance.

Today's Parent

Sponsored: An in-depth look at infertility

Sponsored: An in-depth look at infertility

Couples struggling to conceive report a sense of loss, loneliness and relationship stress. Understanding these emotions is key to surviving a difficult time (and those nosey questions).

Lisa van de Geyn

Freezing your eggs at age 24

Freezing your eggs at age 24

Fighting cancer and facing chemotherapy, Claudia Grieco has to act quickly to help preserve her fertility.

Claudia Grieco

Due date calculator: Find out when your baby will arrive

Due date calculator: Find out when your baby will arrive

People say that pregnancy is a long nine months, but it's actually closer to 10! Find out when to expect your baby with a due date calculator.

Today's Parent

Monika Schnarre on her struggle with infertility

Monika Schnarre on her struggle with infertility

Monika Schnarre was a model at the top of the fashion world, a successful actor and TV host with a loving husband. She had it all — until she wanted to have children.

Monika Schnarre for Chatelaine

Sponsored: The medical side of infertility

Sponsored: The medical side of infertility

Through exclusive research by Today’s Parent and EMD Inc., Canada, we discovered that not everyone understands what an infertility diagnosis means.

Lisa van de Geyn

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day: Your stories

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day: Your stories

On October 15, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., we dedicated our entire Twitter feed to Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. Here are your stories.

Haley Overland

Do new moms experience an increase in fertility?

Do new moms experience an increase in fertility?

Is it easier to get pregnant soon after giving birth? Our expert weighs in on the possibility of a fertility spike.

Carl A. Laskin, reproductive immunologist and past-president of the canadian fertility and andrology society

How to take care of your relationship through infertility

How to take care of your relationship through infertility

Find your way through infertility together with these tips from our relationship columnist Liza Finlay.

Liza Finlay

5 things you should know about premature menopause

5 things you should know about premature menopause

Find out how to recognize if you may have early menopause, what the treatment options are and if you can still get pregnant.

Erin Pooley

Getting-pregnant message board glossary

Getting pregnant

Getting-pregnant message board glossary

Want to chat on our message boards but don't know the lingo? We've got you covered! From AH to ZIFT, we put together a glossary of all the message board acronyms you need to know while you're trying to get pregnant.

Laura Grande

Two moms, two babies

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Two moms, two babies

Kristen and Sarah both wanted a baby. They got two.

Alex Mlynek