Month: September 2013
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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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The Baby Registery
Full disclosure: I had very little to do with the creation of our baby registry, the credit goes to baby mama. However, I was involved in some of the “final” decisions – ie. “Babe, I’ve done all the research and I’ve narrowed it down to two things. Which do you think is better?” Like I said,…
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5 great things about being a “Pregnant Dad”
While the impending joy of fatherhood should be enough, there are definitely some perks to being an expectant father. Here are just five, feel free to mention yours in the comments. Frozen Yogurt – Getting frozen yogurt wasn’t out of the norm for us. But I think we had it much more frequently over the past…
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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…