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Pregnancy

Every pregnancy and every baby is different—but you were made for this moment. We’re here to guide you through your journey to becoming mama, from the first trimester through the third stage of labor.

Getting Pregnant

Baby's terminal diagnosis
Miscarriage & Loss

Told their baby wouldn’t survive, these parents created a lifetime of memories in just 36 weeks

Updated Apr. 16, 2025
Miscarriage & Loss, Getting Pregnant, Parenting
mums in 40s
Birth

A historic shift: More babies now born to women over 40 than to teens

According to a brand new report from the CDC’s National Vital Statistics System, births among women in their 40s have more than tripled since 1990, while the teen birth rate has plummeted to a historic low.

Updated Apr. 03, 2025
Birth, Birth Stories, Getting Pregnant, Health & Wellness, Women's Health
Olivia Culpo
Pregnancy

Olivia Culpo opens up about the pregnancy complication that left her bedridden for a month

The former Miss Universe revealed that towards the end of being “really sick,” she was diagnosed with a subchorionic hematoma.

Updated Mar. 23, 2025
Pregnancy, Celebrity News, Getting Pregnant, News
Pregnancy with best friend
Getting Pregnant

Two best friends, one big surprise—and their due dates are just 15 days apart

The video, posted by @kamryn.law, shows two friends on the beach as one shares her big pregnancy news—only to discover that her bestie is ALSO pregnant.

Updated Mar. 23, 2025
Getting Pregnant, News, Viral & Trending
UK miscarriage
Miscarriage & Loss

The UK just gave moms miscarriage leave—why doesn’t the U.S. do the same?

A new policy will soon guarantee parents two weeks of paid bereavement leave after a miscarriage

Updated Mar. 17, 2025
Miscarriage & Loss, Getting Pregnant, Health & Wellness, Women's Health
Mom talking about grief
Miscarriage & Loss

This viral grief trend is breaking moms’ hearts—‘Bury me in comfy clothes’

Approximately 10% to 20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, and about 1 in 175 births in the U.S. result in stillbirth.

Updated Mar. 13, 2025
Miscarriage & Loss, Getting Pregnant, Viral & Trending

Adopt & Foster & Surrogacy

Miss Rachel welcomes new baby
Adopt & Foster & Surrogacy

Ms. Rachel welcomes baby girl via surrogate: “I’m meant to be your mama”

“We welcomed sweet baby Susannah into the world! 💕 We are so in love,” she wrote in an Instagram post.

Updated Apr. 08, 2025
Adopt & Foster & Surrogacy, Baby, Celebrity News, News, Parenting
Chicago adoption: An image of a woman with her son
News

Chicago man reunites with long-lost mother after adoption and helps keep her bakery alive

“It’s the most joyful story and time in my life,” Lindsey told ABC News. “In my senior years, all of this has come together.”

Updated Jan. 10, 2025
News, Adoption, Parenting
Infertility journey
Infertility

To everyone facing infertility this Christmas: I know the ache of ‘not this year’

As another holiday season comes and goes, I know how easy it is to begin to wonder if you're ever going to be called mom.

Updated Dec. 18, 2024
Infertility, Adoption, Getting Pregnant, Parenting
Adoptive mom
Adoption

I didn’t make my son, but I’m in awe that I get to call him mine

On the flip side, as an adoptive mama, I feel the sentiment of looking at my child in complete awe.

Updated Mar. 31, 2025
Adoption, Infertility, Parenting

Pregnancy

Test
Pregnancy

What parents should know about the new at-home blood test for preeclampsia risk

researchers are exploring ways to predict risk earlier. A newly launched at-home blood test, Encompass™.

Updated May. 16, 2025
Pregnancy, Health & Wellness, Pregnancy Products, Women's Health
Pregnant mom in heat
Pregnancy

How rising heat is affecting pregnancies—and what you can do to protect yourself and your baby

As climate change continues to bring longer, hotter summers, a new analysis from Climate Central reminds us that expecting parents have one more factor to keep in mind during pregnancy: heat.

Updated May. 14, 2025
Pregnancy
14 pregnant nurses at Wisconsin hospital
News

14 nurses at the same hospital got pregnant at the same time—and became each other’s mom village

As these nurses continue caring for expectant mothers, they’re also preparing to become new moms themselves.

Updated May. 13, 2025
News, Pregnancy, Viral & Trending
baby boy
Baby Names

Top 100 baby boy names of 2024

From bold and classic to fresh and globally inspired, these are the names that captured hearts and topped birth announcements last year.

Updated May. 12, 2025
Baby Names, Pregnancy

Birth

hailey beiber
Postpartum

Hailey Bieber opens up about birth trauma, postpartum identity shifts, and finding herself again

Updated May. 22, 2025
Postpartum, Birth, Labor & Delivery
Pregnant woman
Pregnancy

30% of maternal deaths happen after 6 weeks—but most are preventable

From 2018 to 2022, pregnancy-related deaths rose by nearly 28% in the U.S.

Updated Apr. 23, 2025
Pregnancy, Birth
Nurse
Labor & Delivery

Labor nurse begins her shift like any other—then her own baby arrives

As a labor and delivery nurse, Allison knew the process, the people, and the plan. But sometimes, knowing too much can be a double-edged sword.

Updated Apr. 23, 2025
Labor & Delivery, Birth
Dad preparing for his daughter's due date
Grandparents & Extended Families

This dad turned his daughter’s due date into the ultimate family game—and the internet is obsessed

He even makes his own lined paper—a detail TikTok can’t get over.

Updated Apr. 21, 2025
Grandparents & Extended Families, Birth, Relationships
Kylie Kelce
Postpartum

Kylie Kelce’s dos and don’ts for talking to postpartum moms (because some of y’all need a reminder)

In her “Postpartum Special” episode of Not Gonna Lie, Kylie dives into the raw, unfiltered experience of welcoming baby number four.

Updated Apr. 11, 2025
Postpartum, Birth
WOMB TRANSPLANT
Baby

A womb transplant between sisters led to this history-making birth—and new hope for families everywhere

After a decade of waiting, Grace and her husband Angus welcomed their miracle baby, Amy Isabel — the first child in the UK born following a womb transplant.

Updated Apr. 10, 2025
Baby, Baby Health, Birth, Birth Stories, Health & Wellness, News, Women's Health

Postpartum

hailey beiber
Postpartum

Hailey Bieber opens up about birth trauma, postpartum identity shifts, and finding herself again

“Being postpartum is the most sensitive time I’ve ever gone through in my life,” she said. “Learning a new version of myself is very difficult.”

Updated May. 22, 2025
Postpartum, Birth, Labor & Delivery
Jennifer Lawrence
Postpartum

Jennifer Lawrence says postpartum made her feel “like an alien”—as a new mom, I get it

Even with help, I couldn’t rest—or eat. It wasn’t just physical—it was emotional confusion I couldn’t explain.

Updated May. 21, 2025
Postpartum, News
Olivia Munn postpartum
News

‘It was more difficult than going through cancer’: Olivia Munn opens up about the postpartum anxiety no one prepared her for

If you’ve ever felt like postpartum hit you like a tornado, Olivia Munn wants you to know you’re not alone.

Updated Apr. 15, 2025
News, Celebrity News, Postpartum
Kylie Kelce
Postpartum

Kylie Kelce’s dos and don’ts for talking to postpartum moms (because some of y’all need a reminder)

In her “Postpartum Special” episode of Not Gonna Lie, Kylie dives into the raw, unfiltered experience of welcoming baby number four.

Updated Apr. 11, 2025
Postpartum, Birth

Baby Names

baby boy
Baby Names

Top 100 baby boy names of 2024

From bold and classic to fresh and globally inspired, these are the names that captured hearts and topped birth announcements last year.

Updated May. 12, 2025
Baby Names, Pregnancy
baby girl
Baby Names

Top 100 baby girl names of 2024

hether you're expecting your own little bundle of joy, helping a friend brainstorm, or simply curious about current naming trends, this list has something charming for everyone.

Updated May. 12, 2025
Baby Names, Baby, Pregnancy
baby name change
Baby Names

This mom changed her baby’s name at 18 months—and she’s not alone

9% of moms have experienced regret over the name they chose for their child.

Updated Mar. 13, 2025
Baby Names, Baby, Parenting, Viral & Trending
Celebrity baby names: A picture of Gisele Bundchen and Brittany Mahomes
Pregnancy

Celebrity baby name trends: Thematic names that tell a story

Gisele Bündchen and Brittany Mahomes have recently highlighted how thematic naming patterns can be both personal and beautiful, setting trends for parents everywhere.

Updated Feb. 07, 2025
Pregnancy, Baby Names, Celebrity News, News

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Test
Pregnancy

What parents should know about the new at-home blood test for preeclampsia risk

researchers are exploring ways to predict risk earlier. A newly launched at-home blood test, Encompass™.

Updated May. 16, 2025
Pregnancy, Health & Wellness, Pregnancy Products, Women's Health
Pregnant mom in heat
Pregnancy

How rising heat is affecting pregnancies—and what you can do to protect yourself and your baby

As climate change continues to bring longer, hotter summers, a new analysis from Climate Central reminds us that expecting parents have one more factor to keep in mind during pregnancy: heat.

Updated May. 14, 2025
Pregnancy
14 pregnant nurses at Wisconsin hospital
News

14 nurses at the same hospital got pregnant at the same time—and became each other’s mom village

As these nurses continue caring for expectant mothers, they’re also preparing to become new moms themselves.

Updated May. 13, 2025
News, Pregnancy, Viral & Trending
baby boy
Baby Names

Top 100 baby boy names of 2024

From bold and classic to fresh and globally inspired, these are the names that captured hearts and topped birth announcements last year.

Updated May. 12, 2025
Baby Names, Pregnancy
baby girl
Baby Names

Top 100 baby girl names of 2024

hether you're expecting your own little bundle of joy, helping a friend brainstorm, or simply curious about current naming trends, this list has something charming for everyone.

Updated May. 12, 2025
Baby Names, Baby, Pregnancy
Pregnant woman
Pregnancy

30% of maternal deaths happen after 6 weeks—but most are preventable

From 2018 to 2022, pregnancy-related deaths rose by nearly 28% in the U.S.

Updated Apr. 23, 2025
Pregnancy, Birth
ChatGPT helps pregnant woman
Women's Health

Pregnant mom felt one strange symptom—ChatGPT told her to act fast, and it saved her and her baby

The question was casual—“Why does my jaw feel tight?”—but what happened next was anything but.

Updated Apr. 14, 2025
Women's Health, Health & Wellness, News, Pregnancy, Third Trimester, Viral & Trending
Pregnant teacher in the classroom
Viral & Trending

Pregnant teacher pauses math lesson to share a moment with her baby—her students’ reaction says it all

“My class is ALWAYS trying to watch her move, so when she was super active during math, we had to stop and watch,” says the video.

Updated Apr. 11, 2025
Viral & Trending, News, Pregnancy
chili pregnancy
Women's Health

Spicing up your pregnancy: How chili may lower gestational diabetes risk

Recent research suggests that incorporating chili into your diet might offer unexpected benefits, particularly in reducing the risk of gestational diabetes.

Updated Apr. 02, 2025
Women's Health, Health & Wellness, Pregnancy
Book and author
Work & Motherhood

The messy, hilarious truth about new motherhood—told in painfully funny comics

Barnicoat shares the inspiration behind her book, the moments that shaped her storytelling, and the lessons she wishes she had known as a new mother.

Updated Apr. 01, 2025
Work & Motherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy
A pregnant woman
Pregnancy

Pregnancy blood pressure trends may predict heart health years later, study finds

Small changes in blood pressure during pregnancy may predict long-term heart health risks.

Updated Mar. 26, 2025
Pregnancy, Health & Wellness, Women's Health
Michele Obama
Postpartum

Michelle Obama’s hilarious one-word response when Barack suggested a third baby

Though the “third baby” moment was brief, it came during a larger, deeply honest conversation about early motherhood.

Updated Mar. 25, 2025
Postpartum, Celebrity News, News, Podcast, Pregnancy
Olivia Culpo
Pregnancy

Olivia Culpo opens up about the pregnancy complication that left her bedridden for a month

The former Miss Universe revealed that towards the end of being “really sick,” she was diagnosed with a subchorionic hematoma.

Updated Mar. 23, 2025
Pregnancy, Celebrity News, Getting Pregnant, News
Gender Disappointment
Pregnancy

‘I dreamed of a daughter’: This mom’s emotional story of gender disappointment is resonating with parents

After recently losing her mom to ovarian cancer, the idea of having a daughter had become more than just a hope — it was her emotional lifeline.

Updated Mar. 23, 2025
Pregnancy, Baby, Parenting
kylie kelce kegs for pregs liquid death campaign
Pregnancy

Kylie Kelce’s ‘Kegs for Pregs’ sold out in 14 minutes—because pregnant moms deserve to have fun too

Partnering with Liquid Death, she launched “Kegs for Pregs,” a limited-edition, five-liter keg of water.

Updated Mar. 19, 2025
Pregnancy, News, Pregnancy Products, Viral & Trending
baby name change
Baby Names

This mom changed her baby’s name at 18 months—and she’s not alone

9% of moms have experienced regret over the name they chose for their child.

Updated Mar. 13, 2025
Baby Names, Baby, Parenting, Viral & Trending
Gal Gadot
Women's Health

Gal Gadot’s doctors dismissed her pregnancy migraines—but the shocking truth proves why moms must speak up

Gadot opened up about her terrifying experience with a brain clot while pregnant.

Updated Mar. 12, 2025
Women's Health, Health & Wellness, Motherly, Pregnancy
Lauren Luyendyk and Arie Luyendyk Jr. expecting baby no. 4
Pregnancy

Lauren & Arie Luyendyk expecting fourth baby after vasectomy reversal: ‘Our last missing piece’

"Our last missing piece," Lauren and Arie captioned their Instagram post, "coming this September."

Updated Mar. 11, 2025
Pregnancy, Baby, News
Snoo Dogg's daughter Cori Broadus gives birth at 25 weeks
Pregnancy

Snoop Dogg’s daughter gives birth at 25 weeks—her story highlights a serious pregnancy complication

"The princess arrived at 6 months. I’ve cried and cried, I’ve compared and compared, blaming myself because I wasn’t able to give her all that she needed."

Updated Mar. 05, 2025
Pregnancy, Celebrity News, News
tennessee bill to protect pregnant workers healthcare coverage
Women's Health

Tennessee bill could set precedent in protecting pregnant workers’ health coverage

If passed, Tennessee would be the first state in the country to implement this type of protection.

Updated Mar. 03, 2025
Women's Health, Baby, Health & Wellness, News, Pregnancy
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