Category Archives: Mantenatal

Interesting piece looking at the possible reasons why parents might choose certain names for their children

Parents’ choice of name for their child influenced by evolution.

Really useful summary of new dads entitlements to paternity leave on the NCT website.

Paternity leave | NCT.

Very moving – 2 dads share the experience of miscarriage from their perspective – really important to remember that it affects dads too.

dadzclub: coping with miscarriage – the man’s perspective.

Really interesting, and sad, blog about a dads experiences of going along to an antenatal appointment with his partner

Man Up. | expectingtogether.

Interesting blog from a dad about baby massage

Dadbloguk does infant massage | Dad Blog UK.

Really useful information about how to go about registering your baby after they are born

Registering a birth | NCT.

Dads at Yahoo are now to get 8 weeks paid paternity leave – should other companies now follow their lead?

Marissa Mayer raises the stakes by offering Yahoo dads eight weeks of paid paternity leave – Quartz.

I still have places available on a Relax and Breathe course (in St Neots) for expectant mums starting mid May – course is three sessions for £25 – full details on the website do please pass onto to anyone you think might be interested. Thanks Jenny x

www.mantenatal.com/relax

Another piece about a new study from University of Birmingham I mentioned last week – it is a very small study but interesting the comments from the father involved

Discovering the gender of an unborn baby and giving him or her a name, may help fathers bond with their offspring..

It seems Prince William is preparing for his life as a new dad – shame that we can’t get him along to some Mantenatal sessions 🙂

Even a royal commando dad has to know the drill – Telegraph Blogs.

Summary of a new qualitative study into the experiences of expectant fathers – an interesting read

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-mds/haps/projects/MESH/habitus-fatherhood-report.pdf

This is a fantastic slide show of photos of dads supporting their partners in labour and with their babies shortly after birth – lots of dads having skin-to-skin contact

23 Hold her hand, not the camera….

This is a great article about what new mums would like their partners to understand – thanks to Meriel for passing it on

Becoming Dad | Five Things Mothers Want Dads To Know.

Really lovely short film showing labour from the dads point of view

Contractions, Labour, Baby. The signs of labour from a Dads point of view. – YouTube.

Lovely blog from dad describing the birth of his second son

Delivery.

An interesting reflection on whether dads should be at the birth of their children from an Australian mum and author – as she says after her birth experience she described her partners input –

“I couldn’t stop telling people how wonderful he’d been, even though I find it hard to remember anything specific that he did, aside from remaining conscious”

via The father in the room.

A dad discusses his positive experiences of being at the birth of his children and the research I cited yesterday about the impact on dads of traumatic birth – good to hear how positive it can be

Fathers-to-be, trust me, watching your children being born is not traumatic | Ally Fogg | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk.

Sadly I know there are dads who have attended my classes who have suffered in this way. Childbirth can be a wonderful experience for mums and dads but when it is not I agree with the piece it is often the dads who need counselling and support.

Why the trauma of childbirth on fathers is no joke – Health News – Health & Families – The Independent.

Article by a dad-to-be on his thoughts about how his life will change

Pregnancy and Parenting – Tips, Information, Stories for Dads.

Great series of films showing the experiences of a fictional young dad from when he finds out his girlfriend is pregnant, through pregnancy (hope I am not as annoying as the midwife leading their antenatal class 🙂 ), birth and early fatherhood.

Drama – YoungDads.tv.