Worries of an expectant dad

When the expectant dads hear from their partners about their pregnancy, an unknown fear arises in their mind. They start feeling that they are pushed into a new unfamiliar, mysterious, adventurous world.
In general, we can say that the expectant dads have fear about sharing their partner’s love with a new member, even though it is his baby.
The next fear is about the security, whether his earnings will be well enough to support both his wife and the baby to be born. Because in most families there will be a change from two incomes to one income. Now the single salary has to serve three members. Therefore, the expectant dad has to be really a strong person both mentally and financially.
The next common one is fear of performance. Whether he can be a good dad for his baby? Can he perform his duties properly as a dad? Whether he will be able to guide his child properly in studies and in life?
Next is his fear of pains. Not his body pain but that of his wife’s. It is a natural human nature that we cannot tolerate our loved ones health problems. That to during the pregnancy time, it is very difficult for the men to see their wives suffering with back pain, body pain, headache, nausea, vomiting… Most men cannot withstand the labor pain and blood of their wife.
Then comes the fear for relationship. Almost all men will have fears about how the child will behave with him. Whether his baby will come to him with a smiling face? Whether his child will stay for longer time with him? How soon the child will recognize him as its dad? Main fear is about his rights towards the baby. Because most of the women will always keep a checkpoint for their husband, in moving with the child. Like don’t touch when he is sleeping, wash hands before touching the baby, don’t kiss the baby on its cheeks, so on…

Reactions of an expectant dad

Universally many people believe that once the couples get to know about the formation of their baby, the only reaction they show is happiness. Moreover, most of them feel that the expectant couples will very sooner start feeling the parenthood. That is not the true status. Many people face difficulties in coming out of their couple’s status to parents’ status. In addition, no one can expect an overnight transition.

Especially an expectant dad will take much more time to enjoy his baby’s development. That to the first time dads will fear of many things. Their joyfulness may be covered with lot of questions that spoils their happiness. Before becoming an expectant dad, that is when there is no actual commitments, they may feel fatherhood to be very simple. Only after knowing their partners pregnancy, the real anxiety starts.

Is depression during pregnancy a hormonal change?

For years, doctors around the world believed that depression during pregnancy is not due to hormonal changes. However, in the recent years, after so many research works, doctors in different parts of the world has found out that pregnant women feel depressed due to hormonal changes. In general, pregnancy period is the most ecstatic period for almost all women. However, due to hormonal changes, they experiences different mindsets. Their mood keeps changing or wavering. During this period if any other cause adds to it, they become depressed.

At least two among ten pregnant women will be facing this problem. So be frank to your doctors or midwives, so that they may help you out by some mental exercises. Above all, tell you people at home how you feel and ask them to help you. Because, in most cases the family problems are the ones which leads to depression. Try to keep yourself relaxed. If you think that your job may pressurize you, then it is better to take a break. As far as possible, keep your mind healthy and out of tensions. Because, depression may affect the fetal’s growth. It may directly reflect on the brain development of your baby. So have a relaxed pregnancy period.

Finding out the due date

Once after you found that you are pregnant, the next exciting thing is to find out the due date. Due date is the most probable date, when your baby is going to see this beautiful world. All pregnant women will be very eager to know their due date. Calculating the due date is very simple, if you know your last menstrual period starting date. The average time or days for the fetal development are 280 days or 40 weeks or 9 months and 7 days. However, for this calculation, you need to remember your LMP date correctly. In general, the delivery done in between 38 weeks to 42 weeks is considered the full term. When the baby is born before 38 weeks, it is called premature baby and if the baby is yet to be born after 42 weeks, then the pregnant woman will be induced or forced to deliver the baby naturally or through a c-section.

How to confirm pregnancy

Once you find any one or more symptoms of pregnancy, it is better you do a test to confirm it. Taking a pregnancy test is a very exciting one for many and doing a pregnancy test is an easy one.
First for your knowledge, for what a pregnancy test is done? This test is to find whether our urine or blood contains a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin. If the test shows positive sign for the presence of the hormone HCG, then it means the person is pregnant.
How to do the pregnancy test? There are so many home pregnancy-testing kits available in the market. Most of them give the same result. Therefore, no need to worry much about the product brand. These home-testing kits will help you to find the HCG presence in your urine. Moreover, test should be done early in the morning that is very soon after you awake up. After doing the self-test, you need to check it up with the doctor through a blood test.
When to do the test? These tests will show the correct result between 7 to 12 days after you are conceived. Moreover, the blood test is more sensitive than the home test. In general, most doctors suggest taking the test once after the period is missed.

Pregnancy signs and symptoms

I totally forgot to talk to you about something, which is the first step of pregnancy. That is, finding out that you are pregnant. In today’s fast world, it is necessary for every married woman to know the signs of pregnancy before thinking about, knowing about the changes during pregnancy or care to be taken, or discomforts during this period. We need to know about the signs of pregnancy, because, our carelessness may lead to misconceive. Do you all know the signs and symptoms of pregnancy? If not let me help you out.
Some of the most common pregnancy signs are, delay in menstruation or missed menstruation, sudden weight gain or weight loss, frequent urination, nausea, vomiting, morning sickness, unusual craving for food, constipation, soreness of breast, tenderness and enlargement of breast, fatigue, dizziness, back pain, burning sensation….
Some of the other probable symptoms are vaginal bleeding, abdominal enlargement, feeling depressed, reacting sharply to even mild odors.
If any of you find some of these symptoms, take necessary test to confirm your pregnancy.

General discomforts during pregnancy

Almost every pregnant woman experiences some kind of uneasiness. Some of them have only few discomforts, where as few women go through most of them. The top most problem for more than half of the pregnant women is breast tenderness, nausea, vomiting and dizziness. Some woman keeps vomiting whatever they eat. Nausea starts by the 6th week of pregnancy. Nausea and vomiting may continue until the 9 month. However, they are not at all harmful. Morning sickness is the second most common problem. Even though it is called morning sickness, it occurs at any time of the day. Stretch marks are something, which cannot be avoided in anyways.

Constipation, indigestion, heart burning, nose bleeding and backache are frequently found in most conceived women. Hair loss is a one of the most common problems. Bacterial infection, swollen gum, migraine, headache, leg cramps, skin changes, abdominal pain and cramping are some of the other commonly found problems during pregnancy. Proper dieting, regular walking and soft exercising will help to overcome some of these problems largely.