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Last week we talked about when parenting sucks, but sometimes, the suck comes long before Jr makes his or her appearance. Everyone hopes for the Hollywood version of pregnancy: you glow, you bloom, you radiate with the joy of anticipation. For most, pregnancy isn’t quite that simple. Nausea: Even though TV dramas have prepared us…

How you feed your baby is a controversial subject. The “breast is best” and “normalize breastfeeding” campaigns are not quiet ones. Every mother who has dared to give her child a bottle in a public space has, at some point, received a glare that makes her grateful looks can’t kill. Dads, being unable to lactate…

By the time your baby is born, you know what is coming:   Everyone has an opinion.   No one can keep it to themselves. Everything from what you eat to what you wear. And once your baby arrives, it is worse! It is still what you eat and what you wear, but it is…

  The Super Bowl.   Apparently, it’s kind of a big deal.   And you are pregnant.   While being pregnant shouldn’t deter you from enjoying many of the traditional activities and snacks around Super Bowl Sunday, a few things are probably off limits. We know that football and fun go together, especially Super Bowl…

Earlier today, the Centre for Disease Control issued a statement; women of child-bearing age who are not currently using birth control should completely abstain from drinking. The presumption is that these women are sexually active and therefore “at risk” of becoming pregnant.This position is certainly ruffling some feathers, so it is important to look at…

We often get questions about pushing from soon to be parents. Especially from parents who have not had a vaginal birth previously. Hollywood makes pushing out to seem like it’s one and done, and your friends might tell you about how they pushed for hours. Either way, it sounds intimidating!     Image used under…

Today is Bell’s Let’s Talk Day. It is a day to shine a light on mental health. Every phone call, tweet, share, and #BellLetsTalk will result in a donation to mental health initiatives. We could have let today pass unnoticed. We could have acknowledged it with a tweet and a share. We didn’t. We wrote a blog…

If you read our blog last week about Babymoons, you know that we have warm beaches and vacations on our minds! It can be harder during the winter to find perfect maternity swimsuits, so we have done a round up for you. Here are some of our favourites! 1.  A classic one piece that is comfortable…

    With the cold weather finally here, it is tempting to want to slip south for a few days, or a few weeks, and soak  up some sunshine. There are a lot of misconceptions about travelling while pregnancy, so let’s clear some of them up. 1. Can I Fly? Absolutely! Depending on how far…

The big day has come, and gone. Your baby is here! You’ve spent the last 24-48 hours admiring their tiny little toes and their perfect finger nails. You’ve traced the outline of their ear, brushed a finger tip over those perfect little lashes. You’ve cuddled them while they fed. Your body hurts. You are exhausted.…