right. Lol i'm due end of may and my fella is a real diamond. But he,s not one for telling me his emotions. How you guys feeling about the prospect of labour? Any worries? Ca'mon tell all. Would be good to get a guys take on things :)

Unfortunately they don't seem that chatty.

Would have been interesting though.

XX

Hiya.
I think im a bit like your bloke. My problem was that im in the navy and was away when we found out and I didnt see my wife until she was 33 weeks pregnant. I got back to uk on the friday and my wife went into labour on monday. For me it was one of the scariest things ever. I had no time to adapt from being at work to being a dad. However if theres one thing I can pass on to your fella its this, It is by far the best thing that I have ever done. There is no feeling like hearing your baby cry for the first time. Although it breaks my heart everytime I leave home for work it is worth it just for the feelings when I get home. It is unconditional love. Hope that helps a bit

Bonny

I was a bit worried before learning a bit more about how things work, but that worry turned into confidence in my wife's ability to handle it - she's a calm, strong woman, and if other women can handle it, I knew that it would be a doddle for her ;-)

I read a few of the birth story in Ina May Gaskin's book, and felt that this really helped, despite ours being a hospital birth (but a natural one).

Dads can often be a bit less forth-coming, its just the nature of being male I reckon! Theres lots of dads here http://my.bounty.com/forums/Subject/137/1/1/Dads.htm Miss_Jessi so you could always try asking there too. Try to talk more to him to get him to open up or even direct him to a dads forum so he can chat with his peers about how he is feeling? Best of luck for the rest of your pregnany xxx

Hmmm a intersting post

I guess that its hard to guys to share there emotions, maybe its a cultural thing you know a man has to be strong ect ect

I found that reading up on the birth and what to expect helps and makes it easier to talk to my partner about our hopes and fears

So come on guys being emotion is a sign of a strong individual who is willing to open up and show there sensitive side (yes us men do have that lol)

neil

Hi Miss_Jessi. Yes a lot of guys do not show much emotion. A friend of mine wife is also expecting and he only got excited after the birth of their child.

We are expecting and Marissa is 12 weeks pregnent and really cannot wait for the birth of our child. I will definatley be in the hospital for the birth all the way to support her.

After watching a few DVD's about labour etc it really shook me up a bit initially as some of these clips can be gruesome and terrifying.

One of the posts is to point your diamond to a forum to chat to other guys he might feel more comfortable talking to.

By now your baby has been born so I hope all worked out for you. Richard