US heavyweight Deontay Wilder is competing in his first Olympic Games in Beijing this week, and he says he owes it all to his baby daughter, Naieya.
Three-year-old Naieya was born with spina bifida. Her doctors said she would never walk. Deontay dropped out of college to work two jobs to pay for her medical care, [...]
Tags: dads, Fathers, olympic atheletes, olympic games, spina bifida
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Today’s post is two brief anecdotes about the same subject.
When my wife was pregnant with our first, she was off work for the last month due to an over-ripe placenta. So, she had a lot of time on her hands. A lot of time that she put to use nesting. Unfortunately, one [...]
Tags: Fathers, nesting, Pregnancy
Posted in: Pregnancy
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Today I was remembering – if you can you remember being in a sleep-deprived fog? – my son’s first few weeks.
I was talking with the father of a one-month-old baby yesterday. Experienced moms will recognize when I describe the facial expression of the new parent: the mix of being in shock, exhaustion, and disbelief that [...]
Tags: crying, Fathers, new parents, newborn babies
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An update to the story we reported in April: pregnant man, Thomas Beatie, gave birth to a baby girl on June 29.
Beatie was born female but has lived as a man since his 20s with the help of male hormone injections which made him grow a beard and stopped his periods. His wife had a [...]
Tags: Fathers, pregnant man, transgender man
Posted in: Birth Announcement, Celebrities, News
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When a man learns his partner is pregnant, it’s usually a joyous time. As well as happiness and excitement, it’s natural for men to feel uncertainty, fear of change, nervousness about whether he’ll be a good father, and worry about how he’ll provide for his family. But for most men, it’s a an overwhelmingly happy [...]
Tags: domestic violence, Fathers, Murder, Pregnancy
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