So, when I was expecting my second baby, and my friends asked if they could do something to help me, I knew exactly what I wanted: a nesting party, or a mama shower, as we called it. Considering I ...

We're all familiar with baby showers, the festive gatherings during ... whether by preparing meals to eat on their return from the maternity ward, or by assembling furniture for the baby's room.

It previously cost $300 per pregnancy, but a $174.5 million government investment has made it free.