When it comes to celebrity baby names, you can pretty much guarantee they’ll turn to names unlike any others. Celebrities tend to really indulge their creative impulses when it comes…
More and more, conversations have shifted to spotlighting how essential a doula’s support can be during a woman’s pregnancy and subsequent birth. Whether they are advocating for a woman or…
If there’s one way to drive panic into the heart of a new parent, it’s to tell them that the infant formula their baby relies on is suddenly unavailable. This…
On my path to motherhood, I experienced miscarriages. Plural. And I am not ashamed to talk openly about it. It is more common than people think, but it is also…
My body has always been a delicate subject for me. For years, I struggled (and still struggle) with my body image and not feeling like I could meet the social…
To my postpartum body—we are no longer at war. I have laid my weapons down. There is peace here. Because through long nights and weary days, I am finally learning…
I was out getting my toddler’s hair cut a couple of months ago, in the recent wake of experiencing my third miscarriage within a year. At the time, I was…
As a certified child sleep consultant, I often get asked, “should you nurse your baby to sleep?” I had the same question as a new mother. My passion for sleep…
Amidst the news of Britney Spears’ miscarriage, I am saddened. Because I shared in her joy when I saw her early pregnancy announcement, and now I share in her grief…
Picture it: You’re walking up and down the aisles at your local baby-gear store. You’re pregnant, expecting your very first child, and excitedly learning about what you’ll need for that…
Here are all the must-haves (and some nice-to-haves) that should be on your checklist for the hospital or birthing centre. This list is a good starting point, but every hospital…
It’s been advised, time and time again: begin taking a high-quality, complete prenatal vitamin supplement as soon as you start thinking about conception. Why? To put it simply, when you…
The pandemic made a lot of moms reconsider having multiple children, and rightfully so. But as the world works to get back to “normal,” the number of mothers who’ve decided…
When you’re pregnant, it feels like you spend months planning. Planning your baby registry. Planning where your birth will take place and who will assist you and how it will…
Being a new mom is hard. Demands are coming from all angles and it’s easy to feel the strain under increased pressure and anxiety. As if the outside pressure isn’t…
When my son was about four months old, I hit a week of obliterating exhaustion. He was waking every 45 minutes, all night, every night. He’d thrash his little disoriented…
After a nerve-wracking labor and delivery, TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer shares another bit of good news about her third baby boy: little Russell is officially a NICU graduate! After arriving at…
Stop and think for a moment: what are stressing about right now? Home to-dos? Childcare? Shopping list for baby? Relationships? Something that’s going on at work? As a mother, you…
Breast cancer touches the lives of almost all Americans. One in eight women will receive a breast cancer diagnosis in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer in the…
For many of us, November is a month to focus on giving thanks for our blessings—and if you’re expecting a baby in November, that’s the biggest blessing of all. Finding…