Category: Pregnancy
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How I Prepared for Baby
Let’s face it, there is a TON of information out there to help expectant parents – books, websites, videos, etc. And quite frankly, it can be overwhelming. As the father, you don’t experience pregnancy like the mom (but you do get to experience it in your own way). You don’t feel the internal dancing, the…
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What happens in Vegas…
Think back to the last time you went to Las Vegas. Was it a Hangover-esque bachelor party or a romantic getaway with your partner? Regardless of the occasion, most Vegas trips usually involve lots of eating and drinking, little sleep, loud noise, and you usually end up feeling worse when you leave then when you arrived.…
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What I learned during labor
The labor process for the dad is wild, stressful, frustrating, and rewarding. At one point I even broke down because there was nothing I could do to comfort her and make the pain go away. I was sleep deprived, hungry, and drained from trying to do everything I could to work through the process. Every…
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We had a birth plan…so what!?!
We had a birth plan. And then that plan blew up in our face. This is our story. And it sure was nothing like the movies. Thursday 4pm Until 48 hours before our daughter was born, the pregnancy had been relatively easy. No morning sickness, no complications, no scary moments. Aside from the normal fatigue,…
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We will figure it out
Ok, I know I won’t be the one pushing a watermelon through a pinhole, but I am already nervous. I am more nervous about the labor process than I am about being a father. The way I see it, labor is finite. There is a fixed amount of time to figure it out and keep…
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And then there were three…
It’s pretty amazing and surreal to think that it won’t just be the two of us anymore, that there will be another member to our family. It has been the two of us for the last 12 years. We could do what we wanted, when we wanted, and didn’t have to tell anyone. We traveled…