Category Archives: Mantenatal

Really interesting blog about dads bonding with their babies after birth.

Blokes, Babies and Bonding.

Report of a small but interesting study about the impact of birth experience on dads.

Fathers can suffer post-birth stress too | Sunshine Coast Daily.

Entertaining and informative blog from a new dad about taking baby home ends with great quote “Being a new dad is a bit like getting a new best friend. And like all friendships, the more you put in to it, the more you get out.”

Baby’s home: what next.

Interesting tool for getting you to think about what you love about your partner, I think would be a great thing to look at in those first few weeks with a new baby for both mums and dads.

Remembering what you love about your partner.

Really nice blog giving tips on fatherhood – well worth a read by any expectant or new dad I would have thought.

Five tips on fatherhood for my teenage son | insideMAN.

Really useful explanation of the new right for dads’ to attend some antenatal appointments – agree with Fatherhood Institute that would be better if it was paid but it is a step in the right direction

Dads’ FAQs: Right to attend antenatal appointments: The Fatherhood Institute.

There are places available on a Mantenatal dads-only antenatal workshop that I am running on Saturday morning 22nd November in Cambridge. This is a great way for expectant dads to meet other dads and explore pregnancy, birth and early parenting from their point of view. A dad who came this Saturday said “It was great being a male focussed relaxed environment, I don’t know why more people don’t offer this!” Expectant dads can book through the NCT website – link below – please pass on to anyone you think might be interested, thanks Jenny x

http://www.nct.org.uk/course/22506048Mantenatal course in Cambridge for due dates from mid December to end January – 5G/C1132 | NCT.

Really interesting blog about how it can feel to be a new dad

Daddyhood – It’s a Shit Fight for New Dads Too.

There are some places available on a Mantenatal session Sat 27th Sept – please pass on to any expectant dads that you know thanks

Mantenatal course in Cambridge for for due dates from early October to early December – 5G/C1131 | NCT.

Very measured response from the Fatherhood Institute on Penelope Leach’s views about separated fathers and overnighted stays.

Penelope Leach’s views on overnights with dad are absurd and wrong: The Fatherhood Institute.

A dad’s birth story of a caesarean birth – Beer and Bubs is an Australian session not dissimilar to Mantenatal.

Jordan’s “Beer+Bubs” Birth Story | Beer + Bubs.

A day late for Father’s Day but these photos are a lovely record of dads and their newborns

28 Incredibly Touching Photos Of Fathers Seeing Their Babies For The First Time.

Ahead of Father’s Day some lovely ideas here about dads bonding with their babies

Science & Sensibility » 11 Ideas to Share with Families that Encourage Father-Baby Bonding.

Birth story from the dads point of view.

GUEST POST by Dinner By Dad for dadzclub.

Really powerful blog from a dad about how he feels he was treated by health professionals – this is really sad, I was in a class with some expectant dads this week and we were talking about dads being part of the team – all they want is to be acknowledged as that.

Father forgive me?.

Really useful summary of the research around fathers and birth

FI Research Summary: Fathers at the Birth: The Fatherhood Institute.

Really thought provoking blog about dads involvement

International Journal of Birth and Parenting Education – A Father’s Experience.

Really nice blog from one dad reflecting on when he found out he was going to become a dad.

Learning I was going to be a dad | Dad’s the way I like it.

Lovely story about an obstetrician knitting hats for babies, reminds of the fact that in Peru new dads knit hats for their babies.

Doctor Knits Hats For Newborn Babies.

Had a great morning leading a Mantenatal workshop in Cambridge this morning, there is still time to book on the session on 31st May – please do pass onto to any dads you know expecting babies in June or July thanks

Mantenatal course in Cambridge for due dates from mid June to end July – 5G/C1066 | NCT.