Expectant Fathers

Lesson 2: What DO Men Worry About During Pregnancy?

Getting to Know Each Other...Part Three

Today, you’re feeling optimistic, hopeful, and pregnant. You look over at your husband who is doing fine as he smiles and keeps with his routine. Occasionally there are times when he looks like a deer caught in a pair of headlights; particularly when you discuss the pregnancy or the baby. But generally he’s supportive and appears to be dealing well with the experience.

Are there ever times when you wonder,

• What’s actually running through this man’s mind as these months tick by?

• Is he really feeling comfortable and good about becoming a father?

• Does it feel as serious for him as it does for you?

• Will he change as a husband after the baby’s born?

• Will your lives, habits, and closeness change?

• Will your relationship continue to as passionate after the baby arrives?

Like most couples, you’ve probably had some small arguments or minor irritations in the past.

• Could some of these old annoyances spring up again?

• Will they become worse once your have the baby?

• Will they be about different issues than before you became pregnant?

• Will the two of you find it easier to make decisions and agree on things that are important to you as a family?

• Does your husband sometimes secretly wish the pregnancy hadn’t occurred?

• Is he ever doubtful about having a baby?

• Does he gladly accept responsibility for the pregnancy?

• Does he have the same worries as you?

• Does he have the same anxiety and concerns that you have?

• Does he ever feel cutoff or shut out from the pregnancy?

• How does he think a good dad or a good mom should act?

• Is there anything we can do now, as a pregnant couple, to better prepare ourselves to become a strong, stable family?>br>

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