Last month, an obstetrician in the UK wrote an article detailing with why men should never be in the delivery room. The piece was written in response to a survey that said fathers should be allowed to spend the night in the hospital when their baby is born. In the article, the doctor, [...]
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I had my first doctor’s appointment yesterday. For me, this was no small feat. I have a phobia of doctors. Not just a minor fear, or “don’t like going,” but all-out anxiety attacks for days before.
I said to my husband, “I don’t think I really thought this through. I’m fine with having the baby, but [...]
Tags: doctor's appointment, first trimester, OB/GYN, obstetrician, Pregnancy, questions
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Do you take your baby’s daddy to your pre-natal obstetrician appointments?
My husband was in denial that I was pregnant for the first two months. Then he felt uneasy about coming to a ‘woman’ thing. But I twisted his arm and made him come to my 4-month checkup and after that, he was happily there [...]
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