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Inside Fatherhood

October 29th, 2007

Helping pregnant wives

My wife is pregnant. Very pregnant. “I can’t tie my own shoes” kind of pregnant.
I came across a post on Be A Good Dad this morning about helping out a pregnant wife who is 39 weeks. While my wife is only a few weeks further away from her due date, I’m constantly trying to figure […]

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September 26th, 2007

Massaging a pregnant woman

Although I have a significant amount of work to do tonight, I have been informed by my pregnant wife that giving her a massage is one of the things that’s on my to do list. When I got home after work she said that today her obstetrician “prescribed” massage, of course to be filled […]

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September 12th, 2007

Counting baby kicks

I talk to my pregnant wife’s belly at least twice a day to help acclimate my unborn son to my voice. Research has shown that newborns are more easily calmed by a father’s voice when he spoke to the child in the womb.
The most amazing part of it that my son begins to kick when […]

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August 24th, 2007

Stress in pregnancy affects child’s development

A January article in Guardian Unlimited cites research suggesting that stress during pregnancy affects the health of a child.
The article quotes Vivette Glover of Imperial College London:
“We found that if the woman had a partner who was being emotionally cruel to them while they were pregnant it had a significant effect on their baby’s development. […]

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August 23rd, 2007

An introduction to my unborn son

I would like to introduce my son. Although he is as of yet unborn and unnamed, my wife and I call him “Sprout” and we are expecting to see him for the first time in 93 days. The ultrasound is a little grainy, but I think he looks like his old man.
Sprout […]

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