Pregnancy: Celebrate Motherhood in You!

Here are a few tips suggested for expectant fathers during the pregnancy phase:

• Get involved to create a stress-free environment: it will be a strong booster for a mother if the father starts participating in small discussions related to physical changes, feelings and planning the activities. This will help in creating a healthy warm environment both for a mother and baby’s development. 
• Ensure your presence during regular check-ups and doctors visit: Health check-ups are most important during pregnancy and it is your duty to take your wife for regular check-ups to ensure a healthy pregnancy. Plan out some time with your partner for a medical check-up, this will help her to remain comfortable and boost her confidence. 
• Build a network of social support: If you feel that you are going through some tough time then we will suggest you connect with your close friends. Friends are a real mentor who can give genuine advice on how to become a successful father. 
• Support healthy habits: Ensure a healthy diet of your partner and yourself. You should encourage your partner to initiate pregnancy exercise or yoga after the first trimester of pregnancy. If you're a smoker, do everything in your control to quit. Passive smoking can harm your baby and partner.
• Talk to your partner – It’s important to create a bond with your partner during pregnancy. While having strong communication, you can share emotions and thoughts together for better bonding. 
• Making Love While Pregnant: Don’t worry, if the sexual desire arises, that’s normal during pregnancy. Just talk with your partner about the feeling to create a special moment together. 
• Read pregnancy books, listen to music and talk with mummy’s tummy: Babies start recognizing your voice by the second trimester and will respond with some body movements. It is soothing and creates an abstract bonding between both of you.
• Childbirth classes: This is the best way to create a bond with your partner by attending childbirth classes together. These sessions will help you to understand the pregnancy journey better and areas where your support is crucial. It also gives the opportunity to learn tips on parenting viz. baby holding, diaper change, and baby bathing techniques.
• Work and Finances: You can set your mind at ease by looking into paternity leave, family health insurance to lead planned future. 

Tips suggested for expecting fathers after the baby is born:

Bringing your baby home from the hospital is a major event in any father’s life. You must have planned a lot of things to make this event memorable. But, during this course, we should ensure that utmost priority should be given to mother and child healthcare and wellbeing. Few tips to all the fathers:

• Help your partner in breastfeeding (if any issue, please consult a lactation consultant)
• Ensure baby burp after breastfeeding
• Before handling a baby wash your hands and ensure other too.
• Getting involved in the daily care of your baby – diaper change, settling a baby, playing and bathing activities.
• Help in putting your baby to sleep 
• Ensure your partner’s proper diet, medication and sleeping schedule
• Hold your baby properly
• Ensure timely vaccination of your baby

Being a dad needs a lot of efforts, commitment, and patience from your end. But, at the same time, it also gives unique happiness and feeling of completeness involve in raising a baby.