Pregnancy

Everything you need to know about your pregnancy: what to expect week by week, tips for baby names and baby shower planning, pregnancy health, and more.

13 cute diaper cakes you can make in your living room

13 cute diaper cakes you can make in your living room

Diapers are a perfect baby shower gift, so what could be cuter than presenting them to the mom-to-be in the form of a diaper cake?

Terri Coles

10 ways to distract yourself during the two-week wait

Trying to conceive

10 ways to distract yourself during the two-week wait

Waiting two weeks to take a pregnancy test can feel like torture, especially if you’ve been disappointed. Here’s how to distract yourself during the TWW.

Amy Gibson

I gained 100 pounds with gestational diabetes—despite throwing up constantly

Pregnancy health

I gained 100 pounds with gestational diabetes—despite throwing up constantly

How did I gain so much when I was throwing up constantly? It's common for gestational diabetes to lead to weight gain, but that didn’t make it any easier.

Elizabeth Broadbent

Canada's “Vagina Coach” Can Help You Stop Peeing When You Laugh

Pregnancy health

Canada's “Vagina Coach” Can Help You Stop Peeing When You Laugh

It's very common, but it's also totally fixable. So why is peeing when you laugh or sneeze something so many moms choose to live with?

Today's Parent

Kourtney Kardashian was told to drink Travis Barker's semen for fertility

Trying to conceive

Kourtney Kardashian was told to drink Travis Barker's semen for fertility

And this OB-GYN is so over the reality star's need to publicize her quetionable fertility methods, like the advice she got to drink A LOT of semen.

Lidia Likhodi

Chinese Birth Chart: Will it Predict Your Baby's Sex?

Chinese Birth Chart: Will it Predict Your Baby's Sex?

Will your new baby be a boy or a girl? Try this Chinese gender predictor to find out. Gender charts may not be scientific, but hey—they're fun!

Today's Parent

14 Old Wives' Tales For Predicting Gender

14 Old Wives' Tales For Predicting Gender

Curious about who your baby will be? From Chinese Gender charts to decoding your cravings, these old wives’ tales for predicting gender are a fun start.

Emily Sadler

I found my surrogate by going viral on Instagram

I found my surrogate by going viral on Instagram

Baden Colt

This mom had a roadside birth and drove home with the baby still attached!

This mom had a roadside birth and drove home with the baby still attached!

The mom of six was expecting an 8-hour home birth, but was blindsided while running errands in her car.

Lidia Likhodi

Hospital Bag Checklist: Everything You Need for Delivery

Hospital Bag Checklist: Everything You Need for Delivery

Is your due date just around the corner? Make sure you have everything you need for labour ready to go with this handy hospital bag checklist.

Today's Parent

Pregnant Shay Mitchell spills her hacks for pregnancy swelling and charley horses

Pregnant Shay Mitchell spills her hacks for pregnancy swelling and charley horses

%%excerpt%% The actress also told Today's Parent why her second pregnancy has been easier and how she's preparing 2yo Atlas to be a big sister (between toddler tantrums, of course).

Lidia Likhodi

What is Vaginal Discharge Like During Pregnancy?

Pregnancy health

What is Vaginal Discharge Like During Pregnancy?

Here’s the lowdown on pregnancy discharge: Why it happens, what it looks like, how to deal with it and when to get it checked by a doctor.

Bonnie Schiedel

This cult stretch mark treatment promises results in eight weeks

This cult stretch mark treatment promises results in eight weeks

Lierac Paris Laboratories

Hyperemesis gravidarum: When it’s not just morning sickness

Hyperemesis gravidarum: When it’s not just morning sickness

Kate Middleton and Amy Schumer put hyperemesis gravidarum into the headlines. But what is this morning sickness condition all about?

Cindy MacDougall

Signs of miscarriage: Here's what to look for

Signs of miscarriage: Here's what to look for

What does a miscarriage look and feel like? Here are the warning signs of a miscarriage and what to do if you think you're having symptoms

Teresa Pitman

How many weeks pregnant am I?

How many weeks pregnant am I?

Calculating your baby's due date isn’t as easy as you might think. Here’s how to figure out how many weeks pregnant you are.

Today's Parent

I kept imagining I would stab or drown my baby—and I'm not alone

Postpartum care

I kept imagining I would stab or drown my baby—and I'm not alone

Postpartum intrusive thoughts are surprisingly common, but we don't talk about them nearly enough. It's time for that to change.

Ruth Richert

Here's what hCG levels in pregnancy really mean

Pregnancy health

Here's what hCG levels in pregnancy really mean

Understanding hCG levels in pregnancy, including what they are, how they're measured and a chart showing hCG level by week.

Andrea Karr

Experiencing infertility led to my calling as a death doula

Experiencing infertility led to my calling as a death doula

Sarah Bird

I never imagined a simple nose bleed in pregnancy was a sign my baby and I were both in danger

I never imagined a simple nose bleed in pregnancy was a sign my baby and I were both in danger

My story is a reminder you should never accept strange symptoms as just a part of pregnancy. For me, something quite common was a sign of HELLP syndrome.

Krissy LePage