Prenatal nutrition

3 holiday foods pregnant women should avoid (and 3 foods you can enjoy)

3 holiday foods pregnant women should avoid (and 3 foods you can enjoy)

Rosie Schwartz, RD

Herbal teas to avoid during pregnancy

Herbal teas to avoid during pregnancy

Check out our list of teas to avoid while pregnant.

Ellen Desjardins, RD, PhD

Prenatal appointments: What to expect during each trimester

Prenatal appointments: What to expect during each trimester

Over the next nine months, you’ll be scanned, poked and prodded. Here’s a preview.

Haley Overland

How much water should you drink during pregnancy?

How much water should you drink during pregnancy?

Lay the "eight glasses of water per day" myth to rest. Here's how much you should actually be drinking.

Ellen Desjardins, M.H.Sc., RD, Public Health Nutritionist

Study: Coffee intake before conception linked to miscarriage

Study: Coffee intake before conception linked to miscarriage

A new study links caffeine—for both women AND their male partners—with an increased risk of early pregnancy loss.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

Are pregnancy cravings safe?

Are pregnancy cravings safe?

Emergency food cravings are common among expectant mothers. But which ones are safe to indulge in during pregnancy?

Ellen Desjardins, MHSc, RD, Public Health Nutritionist

The pregnancy diet: 5 must-have foods

The pregnancy diet: 5 must-have foods

Moms-to-be should make sure to fill up on these superfoods.

Theresa Albert

Important precautions for a healthy pregnancy

Pregnancy health

Important precautions for a healthy pregnancy

Your guide to keeping baby happy and healthy while in the womb.

Wendy Haaf

The super 7 power foods

The super 7 power foods

We went on a culinary crusade to find the foods that will fight for your family's health with vitamins, minerals, fibre and essential fatty acids.

Madeleine Greey

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

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

Pregnancy: What foods to avoid

Pregnancy: What foods to avoid

While some off-limit foods when pregnant are obvious, you may be surprised by some of these no-nos.

Today's Parent

Coffee, sushi, eggs: Breaking all the pregnancy rules

Coffee, sushi, eggs: Breaking all the pregnancy rules

Monica Reyes admits to not adhering to all the rules that pregnant women are supposed to follow.

Monica Reyes

Can I stay a vegetarian while pregnant?

Can I stay a vegetarian while pregnant?

Sarah Remmer, nutritionist

Improving quality of life for chronic allergy sufferers

Improving quality of life for chronic allergy sufferers

Scott Sicherer

Prenatal tests

Haley Overland

Are you ready for another baby?

Are you ready for another baby?

Teresa Pitman

Sugar substitutes

Sugar substitutes

Ellen Desjardins, RD, MHSc

Folic acid update

Folic acid update

Michele Holcomb

Your healthy pregnancy

Your healthy pregnancy

Teresa Pitman

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