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.

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

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