Baby Time

In class this week we discussed the role of the husband during pregnancy. I thought of five specific things wives can do to engage their husbands fully before, during and after delivery of their child. 

I think that it is crucial to have the husband fully engaged in the pre birth and after birth life of the child. Five things a wife can help the father do to be engaged during the delivery and after are:

1)      Bring the husband to doctor’s appointments.

-I believe that the baby is as much of the mother’s child as it is the father’s.

2) Take your husband to birthing classes.

            - You should take your husband to these classes so he will feel more comfortable with the whole birthing situation. The more informed he is the more help and comfort he will be to the wife during birth.

3) Buy baby clothes/accessories together.

-Most husbands’ probably wont want to go shopping for the baby, but it could help a lot. This is a way most women get excited to have a baby. It could also help the husband get excited too.
4) Have husband stay home with you instead of the typical grandma.

-I think that the grandma sometimes takes the place of the father too often after the birth. The father should be the one home with the new mother. Not only for help of the mother, but to gain a relationship with the baby. The mother and father should learn how to take care of the newborn baby together.

5) Father should get up at night as much as the mother.

            -The father should be help during the night because the mother needs rest to recovery. During the night the father can gain a closer relationship with the baby, since he is probably at work for most of the day.