Pregnancy Articles

This is just getting out of hand.  As if the trepidation I feel about bringing a new life into the world (and the ensuing weeks of not showering/minding my hair) isn't enough, I've discovered I have financial ruin to look forward to as well.  Especially if I buy everything on my growing 'baby budget' list.

Like the fiscally responsible nerd I am, I've been mapping...

We’ve heard the old wives' tales on what you should and shouldn’t do when you’re expecting.  Must you really forgo hot baths, your cat, shellfish, and foot massages?  Not wanting to give up on these little (okay, huge) indulgences, we chatted with Dr. Grace Liu, OBGYN at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital, to sort the mythical facts from fiction.

Myth #1: Forgo all shellfish
Fact:...

Prior to getting knocked up, I'd heard about this condition called 'Pregnancy Brain'. People say you get forgetful and essentially say and do dumb things thanks to hormones and the baby literally sucking away your brain power.  But I figured I could get away without this if I got a lot of sleep and tried to stay healthy.  Not that I've been eating healthy at all.

I've...

I don't know what it is with my family but keeping a secret is quite impossible for them.  Sure there are a few souls who can be trusted, no matter how juicy the tidbit, but overall my family is pretty much the worst at minding their own beeswax.  How's yours?

I planned a very special way to tell my Grandmothers about their newest great grandchild by taking them to brunch and...

Before I say anything that might get you supermoms out there all judgey on me, let me just start with this disclaimer: I am a very healthy person.  I am.  Before Baby, I wouldn't touch a french fry.  Or anything with too much sugar, too much salt, anything artificial and certainly not anything with hydrogenated oils and other evils in it.  I was the nerd at the grocery...

Pregnancy really brings out the crazy in people, doesn't it?  I'm convinced the hormones are responsible for many celebrity baby names or anyone who names their child a verb or an object.  It also makes them do things with their bumps they'd never do otherwise. 

Allow me to list the following pregnancy activities I will not be engaging in:

1. Baby bump posing in the nude,...

As I sit here with my pants unzipped (and thankfully no one has noticed), I am desperate for 2 things: 

1. A snack that is preferably a bowl of chocolate ice cream or a toaster waffle;

2. Internet television.  Me, wrapped in a blanket sitting with my laptop watching ideally something shallow and meaningless like Days of Our Lives or The Bachelor.  I'd even be willing to watch

Among the first of my friends, cousins and siblings to start a family, I had few to turn to when I began to experience Morning Sickness (which I quickly renamed “All Day Sickness”).  Since then, I’ve had 3 healthy babies, which supposedly qualifies me to field every kind of pregnancy question anxiously asked by newbie moms in my circle of acquaintance. 

As a result of the frequent...

Our friends over at Thyme Maternity got wind of our new Mom & Baby section and swiftly sent over cute little packages including what we have been calling 'boob cream' about the office.  Of course, their name is a little more tactful.

Uplift Breast Cream is designed to tone, regenerate and protect your poor Tatas from their impending expansion/explosion. 

To be honest, I had...