Pregnancy

Being pregnant

Find out what you need to know about being pregnant, including common symptoms, how to manage your health, and what to expect week by week.

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

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

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

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

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

Single and pregnant

Single and pregnant

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

Kalli Anderson

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

Road trip with baby: Five tips for new moms

Road trip with baby: Five tips for new moms

Daring to take a road trip with baby? Citynews reporter Galit Solomon shares tips she learned on the road with her son, Tyler.

Galit Solomon

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