So you just found out you are going to have a little boy or a little girl and you want to know how you can best prepare to be a dad during pregnancy! Well, I have 5 tips for dads during pregnancy.
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The reason I say be humble is that there will be a lot of things that you are unsure about and a lot of questions you may have in the coming months. There were a lot of questions I had to go to my wife about because she is the woman, she is going through the different things, her body is changing… and so I needed to be humble. I needed to ask her, “how are you feeling today? It’s the first trimester, you aren't showing a bump yet, but still, your body is changing… are you feeling nauseated? Are you throwing up? How are you feeling?” Ask a lot of questions. Take time to be compassionate and caring in all parts of your wife’s pregnancy. While I am at work and she is at work I don’t know what is going on throughout the day, so it is key to be humble and inquire into her and her day.
How can you “Be Involved”? There will be a numerous amount of prenatal visits that you should definitely be at. Maybe talk to your wife about the ones that are really close together and the doctor just comes in to say, “Hey, how are you doing? Did you pee today? How are you feeling? Great see ya next time!” and then the doctor is back out of the door in 5 minutes. Maybe those visits you wife is fine flying solo. My wife personally did not need me for those quick check-in visits, but the bigger visits I was definitely right there by her side. It was a great time to ask questions, learn, and be involved!
One of the biggest questions men have once their wife gets pregnant, “Can we still have intercourse?” The answer is yes. From a health standpoint, it is perfectly fine to have intercourse during pregnancy. There is a “Mucus Plug” that rests in the woman’s cervix that protects the baby from any bacteria that may try to work its way into the uterus. Because of this, you are safe and cleared to have intercourse during pregnancy. Now, it might be that as your wife gets closer to delivery that she may not want to have intercourse and so there is another aspect of being understanding. What are her preferences during this time? Is she feeling nauseated or if she is starting to have Braxton Hicks contractions she may not want to, etc…
There may be a lot of things you are going to be called upon to do and it is much better to ask somebody to do something if on the other end of that ask is going to be a willing spirit. So, if you wife asks you, “Can you please practice these breathing techniques?”, you response ought to be, “Heck Yeah!” Your response should NOT be… “Uh, do I haaaave to… I don’t know, I’m gonna feel sooo duuumb! Like whaaat. I don’t wanna do that”. DON’T do THAT! Be excited. Be willing and available to help her with those breathing techniques. Because when push comes to shove (no pun intended) you are going to be in the hospital and she is going to need you as her Husband Hero (as I like to call it) to be the one to help her breath through all of those contractions. At the end of the pregnancy, labor, and delivery do you want her to look back and say “What a tool, he was not helpful” or do you want her to say, “Wow, he was so willing, he was there for every step of the way, and I am so grateful!”. You can be one of those two people. It is your choice.
Be praying for you, your wife, and your child. And when I say your child I don’t mean just pray that the child