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.

Should gestational diabetes be treated?

Should gestational diabetes be treated?

Research may settle the question once and for all about whether gestational diabetes should be treated.

Wendy Haaf

Tips for choosing a prenatal caregiver for your pregnancy

Tips for choosing a prenatal caregiver for your pregnancy

Positive communication with your prenatal caregiver during childbirth is important, read on for tips on choosing the right person to help you through each phase of your pregnancy.

Camilla Cornell

Steroids while pregnant?

Steroids while pregnant?

In a bid to prepare her twins in case of early labour, blogger Tenille heads to the hospital for a dose of steroids.

Tenille Bonoguore

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

Getting pregnant

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

Am I in labour?

Am I in labour?

How to tell if you're in labor or if it's just a false alarm.

Jessica Leeder

C-section recovery

C-section recovery

A postpartum survival guide for women wondering what the healing process is really like.

Karen Penfield

Should you go organic?

Should you go organic?

When you're pregnant, you want to keep your body healthy and strong for your baby, but is going organic worth it?

Ellen Desjardins, Public Health Nutritionist, Waterloo Region

Does welcoming Baby mean saying goodbye to myself?

Does welcoming Baby mean saying goodbye to myself?

As our pregnant blogger, Roma Kojima, approaches her maternity leave, she realizes she will miss her current pre-baby life.

Roma Kojima

Best maternity stores across Canada

Best maternity stores across Canada

Find flattering garb for your beautiful bump at one of these fantastic maternity stores across Canada.

Siofan Davies

Single and pregnant

Single and pregnant

What to expect when you’re going through pregnancy, prenatal care and childbirth without a partner.

Kalli Anderson

My (mostly) drug-free hospital birth

My (mostly) drug-free hospital birth

Today's Parent's Nadine Silverthorne shares her birth experiences—one an emergency C-section and the other a VBAC.

Nadine Silverthorne

Would you have a home birth?

Would you have a home birth?

In this month’s debate, two moms discuss whether they prefer a home or hospital birth.

Janet Smith

I'm having a giant baby: No more fruit salad?

I'm having a giant baby: No more fruit salad?

Aware of the risks of gestational diabetes, Roma Kojima talks to her OB/GYN about food choices...but when did fruit become the enemy?

Roma Kojima

12 hot baby shower trends

12 hot baby shower trends

Stumped on cute ideas? Find inspiration in these baby shower trends.

Emily Rivas

Pregnancy stress and your relationship

Pregnancy stress and your relationship

Blogger Tenille and her husband realize that envying each other's day jobs isn't going to help deal with the stress and pressure of baby preparation.

Tenille Bonoguore

How to safely indulge at the spa while pregnant

How to safely indulge at the spa while pregnant

Worried about how a spa treatment might affect your growing baby? Read on to learn how to safely get pampered while pregnant.

Sydney Loney

What you need to know about ultrasounds

What you need to know about ultrasounds

At some point in your pregnancy, your caregiver will probably suggest you have an ultrasound. Here's what to expect.

Wendy Haaf

Baby essentials: Knowing what to buy

Baby essentials: Knowing what to buy

Blogger Tenille discovers that research only gets you so far when preparing your list of baby essentials.

Tenille Bonoguore

Why do I have pregnancy cravings?

Why do I have pregnancy cravings?

Why pregnancy cravings happen and when it's OK to indulge.

Erin Pooley

Baby Names: Last Names As First Names

Baby Names: Last Names As First Names

Whether you name your new babe after family, a rocker or a Hollywood icon, we’ve got you covered with our fun list of last names as first names.

Rebecca Cuneo Keenan