When I was pregnant I eagerly counted the days until I could finally meet my baby. But as the due date approached, my anticipation was laced with fear and anxiety about labor. I'd seen the movies of screaming women, grew more nervous from the unsolicited advice, and heard the stories of people who didn't recognize the labor symptoms and ended up giving birth in the cab. … [Read more...] about How to deal with fears about labor
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7 Ways Dads Can Help During Labor
Movies like to poke fun at how men behave in the delivery room. They faint in the delivery room, or grimly endure the stream of invectives from their screaming, sweating wives: 'This is all your fault!' Many of them areā¦useless. 'Stay calm, honey,' they say, which is possibly the worst thing to tell someone who's in the last stages of labor. You try staying calm while pushing … [Read more...] about 7 Ways Dads Can Help During Labor