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.

Healthy pregnancy: Essential vitamins and supplements

Healthy pregnancy: Essential vitamins and supplements

Get to know the essential vitamins and supplements that are key to a healthy nine months.

Today's Parent

Advanced maternal age benefits: Older moms live longer?

Advanced maternal age benefits: Older moms live longer?

A new study suggests some advanced maternal age benefits. New moms who have babies when they are older may live longer than younger moms.

Emma Waverman

Is it safe to visit your dentist while pregnant?

Is it safe to visit your dentist while pregnant?

Worried about potential harm to their baby, many moms-to-be skip dental visits. But not going to the dentist while pregnant could be even more dangerous.

Wendy Haaf

Babymoon: Taking a pre-baby vacation

Babymoon: Taking a pre-baby vacation

Blogger Karen thinks that taking a vacation before the baby arrives may be one of the best things you can do as a couple.

Karen Robock

Bringing baby home: Surprises, challenges and joys

Bringing baby home: Surprises, challenges and joys

There are a variety of challenges new parents must overcome after bringing baby home—but there's also room for joy.

Roma Kojima

Can you choose your baby's sex?

Can you choose your baby's sex?

Trying for a boy? Really want a little girl? Find out if it's possible to choose your babe's gender.

Lisa van de Geyn

Flying when pregnant: What you should know before taking off

Flying when pregnant: What you should know before taking off

Make sure you know the rules of safe air travel during pregnancy.

Jodi Di Menna

Making a surrogate mother part of the family

Making a surrogate mother part of the family

There’s no name for the relationship between a surrogate and the parents of the baby she carries. But in this case, “friendship” only scratches the surface.

Tracy Chappell

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week: Baby blues

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week: Baby blues

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

Beka Shane Denter

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week: My dirty little secret

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week: My dirty little secret

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

Jill Rosensweig

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

Did you want to find out the sex of your baby?

Did you want to find out the sex of your baby?

Blogger Karen is surprised by the new process of revealing a baby's gender—but it didn't diminish her excitement when she got the results.

Karen Robock

When did people first start to notice your baby bump?

When did people first start to notice your baby bump?

Blogger Karen is surprised to discover that even strangers are starting to notice her bump.

Karen Robock

Please don’t ask me about early labour!

Please don’t ask me about early labour!

Pregnant women understand the risks they face with early labour—and casual questions about possible complications don’t help one bit.

Tenille Bonoguore

Should you get a bikini wax pre-childbirth?

Should you get a bikini wax pre-childbirth?

Two moms make the case for why they would—or wouldn't—get a bikini wax before childbirth.

Rebecca Eckler

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

Getting pregnant

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

Name maps: 3 decades of top baby names in Canada, province by province

Name maps: 3 decades of top baby names in Canada, province by province

Baby name map! Enjoy our fun animated maps of the top boy and girl baby names in Canada from 1983 to 2013. See if your own name was No. 1 once upon a time.

Nichola Anderson