| Has anyone else noticed in the past 10 years that | | | | I also found information on going to the hospital, |
| fathers have become increasingly involved in their | | | | coming home from the hospital, taking care of baby |
| children's conception, birth and rearing? I realize that | | | | and even adoption from the father's perspective. I |
| there is the whole "stay at home" dad movement | | | | wonder how my experience might have been |
| but what I am talking about is way more than that. I | | | | different if my husband was armed with valuable and |
| am talking about how some men seem to be | | | | insightful information. It could have gone either way. |
| extremely engaged during their child's conception, | | | | In some ways, it works better if one person is the |
| pregnancy, delivery and post delivery. I truly believe | | | | authority figure on the subject. When we disagreed |
| that a new breed of men exists that have fine tuned | | | | about anything baby, I typically had the last and final |
| their brains to understand on a deeper level what | | | | word because I had spent so much time researching |
| their wives are going through. | | | | the subject. I am picturing a two cooks in the kitchen |
| I recently conducted a search online about different | | | | situation. On the other hand, it could have been |
| men's thoughts, perspectives and opinions regarding | | | | comforting knowing that I did not have the sole |
| conception, pregnancy, delivery and post delivery. I | | | | responsibility for figuring out everything about having, |
| found a lot of run of the mill thoughts that men have | | | | delivering and taking care of the babies. For us, it |
| while their wives are pregnant. Most were along the | | | | was trial and error combined with fear that we were |
| lines of their own personal needs not getting met or | | | | going to make an irreversible mistake. I know that I |
| observations about changes in moods and tolerance | | | | would for sure have appreciated my husband having |
| levels. However, I did manage to stumble upon some | | | | mad skills in the pregnancy massage department. |
| solid, interesting information in the land of the web. | | | | I think this new breed of "Super Dads" is great and I |
| I was surprised when I found very detailed | | | | hope that this trend will catch on to those Dads who |
| information for new fathers and second time around | | | | are less inclined to become involved. When I was |
| fathers. There is detailed information on the web that | | | | growing up, my father shared responsibility with my |
| cover the first, second and third trimester of | | | | mother for everything related to me. When I look |
| pregnancy from a man's perspective. This is a very | | | | back to the year that I was born (1970), I realize |
| interesting approach as all of the written literature on | | | | that he was the exception to the rule. I feel so |
| pregnancy up until now has been very focused on | | | | blessed to see this fatherhood shift during my |
| the woman and the pregnancy itself. Coming around | | | | lifetime and am hopeful that the new babies born |
| from the other side of the fence is an interesting | | | | today have the opportunity to experience the kind |
| twist. | | | | of childhood that I did. |