Advice to expectant fathers #1: get your wife into shape
Exercise advice for your pregnant wife:
It’s very important that your wife get proper exercise. On the other hand, husbands, you’ll need to conserve your strength.
First, exercises that are NOT recommended during pregnancy:
Skydiving, Power lifting, Extreme skateboarding, and of course, ziplining.
Exercises that ARE recommended throughout pregnancy:
Water ballet, Croquet, low-energy Pilates, Watching exercise videos, Walking very slowly
Ultrasound:
Husbands, ultrasound images of your child will delight you and make your pregnancy more real to you. The pregnancy is already very real to your wife.
Through the miracle of ultrasound imagery, you’ll find that your precious unborn child looks remarkably like a blurry potato. But it’s not just any potato. It’s your little potato.
A trivia note:
Pregnancy increases a father’s natural desire to protect his family. According to psychologist Martin Greenberg, many men buy guns during a pregnancy.
Based partly on The Expectant Father by Armin A. Brott
November 12th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
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