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.

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

Finding out baby’s sex: Pink or blue just won’t do!

Finding out baby’s sex: Pink or blue just won’t do!

Mom blogger Tenille wonders why people still insist on thrusting children into "nice and frilly" or "bold and active" gender boxes.

Tenille Bonoguore

Baby names: Oscars 2014 names and origins

Baby names: Oscars 2014 names and origins

The Oscars are here! Check out some of this year's biggest names, their meanings and origins.

Emily Rivas

New car seat guidelines: The 65-pound rule

New car seat guidelines: The 65-pound rule

With a new regulation in place for child seats, here’s everything you need to know to keep your little one safe and secure.

Today's Parent

Are baby showers still an important tradition?

Are baby showers still an important tradition?

This month's debate: Two moms face off on the topic of baby showers. Are they still important?

Jowita Bydlowska

How to enjoy your final weeks of pregnancy

How to enjoy your final weeks of pregnancy

As the clock counts down to your due date, take advantage of your (relative) freedom and prepare for parenthood with a pre-baby bucket list.

Rosalind Stefanac

Pregnancy: Must-have natural beauty remedies

Pregnancy: Must-have natural beauty remedies

Mom-to-be Roma Kojima shares her favourite must-have natural beauty remedies.

Roma Kojima

Valentine's Day inspired baby names

Valentine's Day inspired baby names

Choosing a baby name? Check out our favourite baby names inspired by this season of love.

Emily Rivas

Myths of midwifery

Myths of midwifery

If you think midwives are untrained labour coaches who can only deliver babies at home, you're not alone. But you're wrong.

Cheryl Embrett

Pregnancy brain vs. Daddy brain

Pregnancy brain vs. Daddy brain

Roma Kojima discovers that when it comes to nurseries, her husband has more of a knack for nesting than she'd realised.

Roma Kojima

Back to work after baby?

Back to work after baby?

Roma Kojima debates the pros and cons of being a stay-at-home mom versus a working mom.

Roma Kojima

Were you a slave to your hormones during pregnancy?

Were you a slave to your hormones during pregnancy?

Roma Kojima battles the ups and downs of pregnancy hormones.

Roma Kojima

How to raise a girl in this messed up world?

How to raise a girl in this messed up world?

Roma Kojima worries about raising her daughter in a world that constantly tells girls that they are less.

Roma Kojima

Should your family use cloth diapers?

Should your family use cloth diapers?

Should your family use cloth diapers? Tenille Bonoguore and Rebecca Cuneo Keenan face off on the topic.

Tenille Bonoguore

Yes, I'm pregnant, but leave me alone

Yes, I'm pregnant, but leave me alone

Roma Kojima would prefer it if people would keep their opinions on pregnancy to themselves.

Roma Kojima

My maternity wear do's and don’ts

My maternity wear do's and don’ts

Now in the later stages of pregnancy, blogger Cara shares a few maternity wear tricks she's learned.

Cara Waterfall

10 holiday maternity fashions

10 holiday maternity fashions

Deck your baby bump out in style this holiday season with these maternity fashions.

Dana Dougherty Reinke

Top baby names by province 2013

Top baby names by province 2013

We’ve scoured Canada’s birth data, province by province, to bring you the top baby names of 2013. Did your name make the list?

Today's Parent

Top 100 baby names in Canada 2013

We’ve knocked on the doors of Canada’s statistics departments to bring you the top baby names of the year 2013. Did your name make the list?

Today's Parent