Having A Baby

• Canada’s MPs to get 1 year of fully paid parental leave

  Until now, new parent MPs got 21 days of medical leave and had to negotiate further time off.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2019
  
• Canada’s new 18-month parental leave offers flexibility — but comes with a catch

  Canada will offer the option of taking an 18-month parental leave, expanded from 12 months.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2017
  
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• Should Canada rethink its parental benefits system? Report calls for total overhaul

  A new study says the Liberal government should overhaul its parental benefit and maternity leave policy, and argues that the current system is leaving out too many families and women.

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2017
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• What it’s like to struggle with unexplained infertility in your 20s

  “You sort of feel like your life is on hold,” says one 27-year-old who’s been trying to have a baby with her husband for the past two years.

  Features

  Dec 13, 2016
• Boosting Italy’s birth rate: Hotels offer free stay for guest couples who conceive

  Hotels in the town of Assisi in the central Italian region of Umbria are offering free accommodation to visitors with a catch.

  World

  Nov 22, 2016
• US parents charged $40 by hospital to hold newborn son

  A Utah couple was shocked to find out they'd been charged $39.95 for "skin to skin after C-sec" following their son's recent delivery.

  Health

  Oct 5, 2016
• Identical triplets born in Oregon

  Each identical triplet is so tiny she can fit in her father's hand -- and soon these rare medical wonders in Oregon will have painted toenails so the new parents can tell them apart.

  Health

  Aug 5, 2016