You read that right!! My wife is pregnant!! I am not sure how long yet but will find on the 24th. This is our first child so I have all kind of emotions running through me right now. Last night I was nervous but today I am ecstatic!! Please keep your fingers crossed that the pregnancy goes smooth and everybody stays healthy!! Any pointers from other fathers out there?
Children are wonderful (well, most of the time). I have one son and I can't begin to tell you how it feels when he looks at you and says "I love you Daddy". Your heart goes to mush and tears come to your eyes.
Best of luck to you and your wife.
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Tossedup - hearty congratulations from me too. I know what you're going through ... when we found out that my wife was pregnant with our first, I had an odd combination of elation and panic.
Strangely enough, it's never gone away three kids later ...
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Thanks for all of the support!! You really are great people to "hang around" with. I made my wife promise me last night that she wouldn't let me have any of the junk food that she will be craving. She has actually been doing pretty well exercising and eating better. She has given up coke and has started eating better. She doesn't go all hard core but she uses the swiss ball for abs, glutes, and hip exercises. Any idea what she can continue to do? We have a treadmill on the way so I hope she can still get some use out of that. Thanks again everybody!!
actualy a recent report came out saying that expectant mothers who eat junk who end up obese during pregnancy end up with the highest rate of obese children. Not sure how true it is only scanned it so far.
But you do realise it will be your duty to ensure you get bigger than her so she doesnt feel so rotund
he he many congrsts and remember baby food bad, baby aple sauce tooo bad yum
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That makes pretty good sense BFG. Maybe the kid will take up my obsession (did I just say that)? I guess I am going to have to get very wide shoulders so she can stand behind me and hide her belly!!
TOSSEDUP if here pregnancy goes well, she can continue anything she's used to and swimming is great when were heavy, near the end..
When I had my child.. I thought I'd have to stop fencing soon.. so I took up swimming.. finally I fenced 'til 32 weeks pregnancy! (with a fencing master's thik protective jacket instead of my reg jacket) and at 36 weeks when I stopped work... I was swimming 60 lengths (25m)every day on my lunch hour!
just maybe not jump around too much the first months.. (the mother.. not you
Congrats Tossed! I just became a dad on Sept 6th! It's the best thing that's ever happened in my life. Glad to hear your wife kicked her coke habit...LOL
Congratulations to you both. I have but one bit of advice for you... ignore all advice. Those things don't come with an owner's manual, and you must find your own path. Welcome to the most wonderful club on earth! You are truly blessed.
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Congrats! If nothing else, it sure is fun to run around the house yelling, "Who's your daddy?!?"
And good job on the wife getting off the coke habit -- being a dad is what got me off the heroin and the male prostitution. Ohhhh... you meant Coca-Cola? Nevermind. Carry on.
Congratulations on the impending addition to the family!
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Congratulations!! That is so wonderful. Your life will never be the same...in a good way [img]smile.gif[/img]
Your wife can continue exercising. Once she is past her first trimester, she should not perform exercises while laying on her back (like crunches), as this puts pressure on the vena cava which could affect blood flow to her heart. And she should also keep her pulse rate below 140bpm. Like MK suggested, swimming would be great...no hot-tubbing though.
Advice from the slightly wounded: Your children will challenge you in multiple ways, embarass you, frustrate you, and humble you, but you will love them and they will love you and it is very much worth it. You grow with them.
Sorry, that was my Dr. Phil moment.
On a related note, big controversies over fish and fish oil in pregnancy. Will be interesting to see if the doctor brings it up.
Tossed,
Great news!!!
So, you couldn't announce it on my birthday?
LOL
I am so very happy for you and your wife.
You are officially in my prayers for a safe and healthy delivery.
Mahler
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