My dad has asked me a few times since my son was born if it feels like he was always here or if I even remember a time without him. My honest answer is I remember my life before being a father, but it has been such a monumental shift it’s difficult to mentally put myself back in that position. Fatherhood suits me and I have fallen into the role right in step. A month in, I’m still suprised at how much has come naturally and how well I’ve adapted. In this post, I’m writing a whirlwind lookback at the first month of being a dad, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
[Read More]Birth From the Father's Perspective
Many new moms share their birth stories online, for others to learn from, for support, or for any number of other reasons. I haven’t seen many new dads do the same thing, but I think we should. Childbirth is obviously primarily the birthing parent’s experience, but for birth partners it can be stressful and difficult so it would be valuable to have more stories from their perspective. If more fathers share their experience as the support person for a birth, we can build a body of knowledge for other new dads to learn from and normalize talking about the whole range of experiences we have during the birth of our children. In this post, I share, with my wife’s permission, my perspective on the story of our son’s birth.
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