Your Pregnant Wife - First Trimester, (Part 2/2)

It's Positive! You're Pregnant! Well technically, you aren't pregnant. That would be a medical miracle. Your wife is pregnant. But you are expecting, too, in a way. You're not a dad yet - you're a DUE DAD...and you don't have a clue what to expect about paternity and being a new dad (in the long term) and having a pregnant wife in the short term. Don't panic.

In this lesson, First Trimester Part 2, the DadLabs dads (all experienced but not so distantly so that they don't know what you're going through and what you need to watch out for) talk you through all kinds of things, including:
- process
- supporting a pregnant woman
- side effects of pregnancy
- morning sickness
- cooking for her

Even though expecting a baby has nothing to do with football playoffs, grilling excellent steaks, margin calls, fuel injection, or cold brewskis, this series of DadLabs lessons will teach you what you need to know to get you safely and happily to that big 0th birthday:
First Trimester Part 1: http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/700
First Trimester Part 2: (the page you're on now)
Second Trimester Part 1: http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/708
Second Trimester Part 2: http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/714
Third Trimester Part 1: http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/715
Third Trimester Part 2: http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/716

As that big day approaches, you may also want to check out the series of guides from the Dads that walk you through the nuts and bolts and nitty-gritty of your babies big debut - everything from pre-hospital through labor, delivery and post-delivery. Check these lessons out here:
Pre-hospital: http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/703
At the hospital: http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/704
Delivery: http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/705
Post-delivery: http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/706
New Baby: http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/707

For more information and insights from Daddy Troy, Daddy Clay, Daddy Brad, and the rest of the community at DadLabs, be sure to check out www.dadlabs.com. This particular lesson is an excerpted portion of the DVD, "Due Dads: the Man's Survival Guide to Pregnancy"

DadLabs is an information and entertainment company headquartered in Austin, Texas, that fosters the father/child relationship through media, instructional and retail products. The mission of the company is to strengthen families and benefit children by empowering today's fathers. The company provides resources to expecting, new and veteran fathers that will launch them into a more active and creative role in the lives of their children. DadLabs speaks to the corporate executive and the delivery driver with a voice that is authentic and genuinely male, with wisdom and self-deprecating humor of experience. The products and services offered are honest, informative, sometimes off-color, but...

A little Hokey, but true

12/05/2008

~ Chelsea

When I'm pregnant, I'll have my husband watch these videos. They get a bit hokey at times, but are full of great information about pregnancy. After seeing a few of my friends go through varying degrees of difficulty during their pregnancies with varying levels of help from their husbands, I definitely want my husband involved and informed. These videos might be a good male perspective on pregnancy for him.

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