Is your partner ready for the baby as well?

It is essential to have your partner ready for the new addition of the family. Most of the time everything is only going to be about the person caring the child for 9 months. Your partner can’t feel the pain, the joys and the movements from inside but in my view it is essential for him to participate on the journey, as after the baby is born things will change and he will be able to really feel the same emotions as you.

For my husband to be involved we decided to do a 8 weeks baby classes at the hospital. It was a bit tiring as we needed to attend every Monday night after work from 6pm to 9pm. And sometimes we almost gave up as we were a bit sleepy, but we know that this was very important.

We attended the RWH classes with a Midwife that covered from birth to 3 months of the baby, running from the body anatomy, birth to how to change a diaper and give a bath. Somethings can be common sense, but it is important to hear again so we can make sure we are in the right track.

But the best part of this course was the networking. We meet other couples that also were having their first baby and this helped us to see that were not alone in this new world. We even have a FB page were we can keep track of all the babies that are being born and organize meet ups. By the way I am the last one of the group to have a baby, all the couples already had theirs. Mine is the only one that wants to stay in the belly a little longer… she is too comfortable here.

While we wait, we also have fun, so me and my husband are trying creative ways to pass the time like this photo which we can’t stop looking and laugh at it ;)

A New Mom After 30

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