Ten skills for all dads-to-be should grow during the 5 phases of pregnancy.
One moment to the next, you are pregnant. You’re starting your personal Hero’s Journey as you move from ‘becoming’ to ‘being’ a father. Birthing Better fathers will guide you.
Fathers developed these 10 pregnancy skills to grow during the 5 phases of pregnancy. Pregnancy is slow and fast motion at the same time. You have to keep up.
You’re starting now. There’s no going back. You will feel inspired and resistant. You’ll mature and want to crawl under a rock. You’ll be amazed.
If you and your partner can develop these skills together, that would be great. You’ll just do it from two viewpoints. She’s pregnant. You’re quasi-pregnant. Both of you will be parents.
Is pregnancy and birth ‘Women’s Business’? In some cultures that’s true. In modern societies fathers and mothers are both expected to be involved in pregnancy and birth.
These 10 pregnancy skills were developed by dads for dads. You can’t catch up in pregnancy. You have to grow alongside. It’s easier than you think and more satisfying than you could imagine.
All these photos on these Posts are the babies you’re going to have. This little boy or girl wants you, their Hero, to show them what a good father is.
Your pregnant partner is forced to be self-aware every nano-second of time. Pregnant women never forget they are pregnant. This is a huge mental and physical shift and not always pleasant.
The first twelve weeks of pregnancy are often the most confusing and drawn out period of pregnancy particularly if the woman has morning sickness.
You’re lucky that birth doesn’t happen 24 hours after conception. You have nine months to grow through ‘becoming’ to ‘being’ a father. Take advantage of this time.