74% of pregnant women will experience nausea or vomiting during their pregnancy, most commonly during the first trimester. While ginger is a well known remedy for nausea and vomiting, Vitamin B6 is a promising option as well, and has been shown to decrease both...

Exercising during pregnancy produces a host of benefits, from reducing symptoms of depression to shortening the amount of time spent in labour, as well as decreasing the risks of pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes. Many pregnant women, however, shy away from including strength-training in their...

Tylenol/acetaminophen is used by over 50% of pregnant women in the US. Most care-providers presume that Tylenol is safe in pregnancy, but it is not completely without harm. Tylenol use in pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of hyperkinetic disorders and ADHD-like behaviours...

I finally had the perfect fitness routine going – alternating jogs and circuit training in the mornings, cross-country skiing on the weekend, and a weekly date with my new roller derby team. Then, as I was trying to slip on a sock while bounding...

While pregnancy is typically thought of as a time for celebration and “basking in the glow of new life,” many women struggle through this period of their lives. Up to 16% of pregnant women meet the diagnostic criteria for major depression, and figuring out...

One of the questions I get asked most often is “how can I avoid an induction?” Pregnant women are well versed about the risks of inductions and the “cascade of interventions” that can result from them. They know that inductions increase their chances of...

Calling all readers: seeking your input for the Oceania Odyssey book Dear friends, After 6 months on the road, we are looking to turn our blog into a book, and would so appreciate if you could spend a few minutes answering the questions below...

If Ed hadn't already helped write a humour book about first-world problems – those trivial complaints that reveal just how fortunate we truly are, like standing in front of a full fridge and saying there's nothing to eat – this would have been a...

Heron: This was such an awesome week – I can't believe we were swimming with sharks! Sitka: Me neither! They were swimming between my legs – stingrays too!

A little finger poked Ed through the mosquito net, rousing him from the deepest sleep he'd had in months. It was a boy whose face looked like Christmas, birthday and ice cream all at once. “Daddy, est-ce que je peux aller nager dans l’océan?”