When faced with the realization that one has the propensity to (and has succeeded in) pro-creation, most men (I have read) feel this increased sense of masculinity.
Ranging from :
Who's the man? I'm the man.
all the way to:
I HAVE CREATED LIFE!!! ALL MUST BOW BEFORE ME & ACKNOWLEDGE MY MANHOOD!!!
OK, so I felt a little bit of that, but the day that we had our 2nd OB visit and near the end of it were privileged to hear a tiny little heart beating fast and strong, I can honestly say that the thing that overcame me was AWE. I was amazed, that something so miraculous (or at least half of it) could come from the likes of me!
Here I sit, hearing the doctor say things are going well. And I feel that everything is going to be OK and all of sudden whoosh,whoosh,whoosh,whoosh,whoosh I hear the heartbeat. And I am awestruck. All at once I feel so insignificant, so minuscule, like the only thing that matters now is this little heart that is beating just feet away from mine.
Every now and then, I hear the sound again in my head. And I feel it all over again. Never before has feeling so small made me feel so big!.
Ticker
Knowledge... is gross
Readin' a book. The Expectant Father. The little lady purchased What to Expect When You are Expecting (otherwise known as the pregnancy bible).
My book is pretty interesting, and yet the author is just a little more brave than I am. He mentions feeling his wife's cervix. He says that if our OB doesn't offer, then I should ask.
Buddy, a little mystery in a marriage goes a long way!!!
I don't mind being involved in my wife's pregnancy, but to me... 'hands-on' is purely a figurative phase!
I didn't really worry too much about money, until every other paragraph in this certain chapter talks about that's what men worry about most, and that's the thing that causes men to seem distant and not involved. So all of a sudden, I'm scared half to bankruptcy. How am I going to afford a baby? My job is not the federal welfare system, I don't get a raise just because I prove that I can pro-create.
So, lump me in with the other 90-something percent of men.
Her book is chocked full of all the information you never wanted to know about pregnancy and having a baby. You know, instead of condoms and STD's in a sex-ed course, maybe they should have the girls read this book. If you read it before you were pregnant, you would take EVERY known precaution NOT to get that way.
Learning a lot... I got homework already!
T M I ? Well, you asked.
My book is pretty interesting, and yet the author is just a little more brave than I am. He mentions feeling his wife's cervix. He says that if our OB doesn't offer, then I should ask.
Buddy, a little mystery in a marriage goes a long way!!!
I don't mind being involved in my wife's pregnancy, but to me... 'hands-on' is purely a figurative phase!
I didn't really worry too much about money, until every other paragraph in this certain chapter talks about that's what men worry about most, and that's the thing that causes men to seem distant and not involved. So all of a sudden, I'm scared half to bankruptcy. How am I going to afford a baby? My job is not the federal welfare system, I don't get a raise just because I prove that I can pro-create.
So, lump me in with the other 90-something percent of men.
Her book is chocked full of all the information you never wanted to know about pregnancy and having a baby. You know, instead of condoms and STD's in a sex-ed course, maybe they should have the girls read this book. If you read it before you were pregnant, you would take EVERY known precaution NOT to get that way.
Learning a lot... I got homework already!
- I need to contact my insurance provider: I call my benefits department at work, they say I don't have to change anything with them until the baby is actually born.
- List of questions for your OB: delayed cord clamping???
T M I ? Well, you asked.
So, we killed a rabbitt.
OK... this nurse practitioner walks in and basically starts talking about diet changes, lifestyle changes, and has a package of prenatal vitamins. Apparently, I had missed the part where she said, "Congratulations, you are pregnant!"
Now that we got that out of the way, the exam continues as normal(I suppose).
Learned some things I did not know:
Caffeine... actually OK in small amounts.
Deli meats... not OK unless you cook them.(some bacteria called Listeria)
Later that day ...
Santa Claus (or at least some guy who could make a killing impersonating him) does the sonogram. We see a little blip on the screen ...
Santa says: "There's your little Bean"
If he only knew what that meant to me!
And inside this little bean is what appears to be a light flashing rapidly.
That's the what? Heart beat? WAY COOL!
OK, I'm sold.
Now that we got that out of the way, the exam continues as normal(I suppose).
Learned some things I did not know:
Caffeine... actually OK in small amounts.
Deli meats... not OK unless you cook them.(some bacteria called Listeria)
Later that day ...
Santa Claus (or at least some guy who could make a killing impersonating him) does the sonogram. We see a little blip on the screen ...
Santa says: "There's your little Bean"
If he only knew what that meant to me!
And inside this little bean is what appears to be a light flashing rapidly.
That's the what? Heart beat? WAY COOL!
OK, I'm sold.
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