Any other expectant Dads?

[Shakermaker]

fizz47 said:

My wife was recommended a professional masseuse who specialises in massaging pressure points that will help induce labour .. booked her to come and had a 60 min session with her....

12 hours later her contractions started ... a friend who is a doctor oridignally recommended the masseur who who also went into labour very soon after the massage..

Whether it directly helped or indirectly pushed things along - worse case scenario she had a relaxing massage..

Ah, that's something my wife is looking in to - one of her friends from the NCT group recommended a reflexologist and so I think she might book a session for later on this week...

[Wobbegong]

Shakermaker said:

Well Christmas and the New Year have passed without incident.

Finally, on NYE, I got the nursery finished. Bloody shelves..

Anyway, I think I am now, physically at least, ready to go. Mentally, still nowhere near.

Due date is this Saturday so it could be any time now and I'll have to leave the office in a hurry. The midwife has booked us in for an induction the 18th if nothing has happened naturally by then, but we could go for a sweep next Monday if we wanted to.

These last few weeks have been very hard on my wife - and as someone said, it seems to be an effective way of getting you over the fear of childbirth, making you as uncomfortable as possible in any position you care to adopt...

Without sounding crude, sex is a great way of inducing labour. The sperm contains prostaglandins which soften the cervix.

http://www.womens-health.co.uk/inducing-labor-thro...

[Wobbegong]

astirling said:

After a false start early in the summer, my wife and I are now expecting again and due in June. Have found this thread really interesting so far, thanks to all to have contributed.

The key question for me between now and then is...what car seat can I fit in the back seat of my Evora?

Fantastic

We have no.3 due in June

[Shakermaker]

Wobbegong said:

Without sounding crude, sex is a great way of inducing labour. The sperm contains prostaglandins which soften the cervix.

http://www.womens-health.co.uk/inducing-labor-thro...

That was also brought up at the NCT group. There is further research which suggests that the prostaglandins are more effective when taken orally...

[p1stonhead]

Shakermaker said:

Wobbegong said:

Without sounding crude, sex is a great way of inducing labour. The sperm contains prostaglandins which soften the cervix.

http://www.womens-health.co.uk/inducing-labor-thro...

That was also brought up at the NCT group. There is further research which suggests that the prostaglandins are more effective when taken orally...

Suppository version less effective

[Shakermaker]

p1stonhead said:

Suppository version less effective

indeed.

But as the woman was saying, it all sounds rather good these days for the man... spicy food helps too, so you get a curry and a blowjob, then your wife has to go through several hours of labour whilst you sit back and relax...

[Wobbegong]

Shakermaker said:

Wobbegong said:

Without sounding crude, sex is a great way of inducing labour. The sperm contains prostaglandins which soften the cervix.

http://www.womens-health.co.uk/inducing-labor-thro...

That was also brought up at the NCT group. There is further research which suggests that the prostaglandins are more effective when taken orally...

Try all three to be on the safe side

[Vaud]

Wobbegong said:

Without sounding crude, sex is a great way of inducing labour. The sperm contains prostaglandins which soften the cervix.

http://www.womens-health.co.uk/inducing-labor-thro...

Though note that it has to be with your pregnant partner.

[Wobbegong]

Vaud said:

Wobbegong said:

Without sounding crude, sex is a great way of inducing labour. The sperm contains prostaglandins which soften the cervix.

http://www.womens-health.co.uk/inducing-labor-thro...

Though note that it has to be with your pregnant partner.

[jakesmith]

WinkleHoff said:

I think you have hit the nail on the head. We did one of these NCT classes, it was rubbish in terms of the fathers perspective.

Don’t let this put you off. We did it and many of our friends did and it was excellent. Met many other blokes local in the same situation and that was helpful in its own right.

[p1stonhead]

jakesmith said:

WinkleHoff said:

I think you have hit the nail on the head. We did one of these NCT classes, it was rubbish in terms of the fathers perspective.

Don’t let this put you off. We did it and many of our friends did and it was excellent. Met many other blokes local in the same situation and that was helpful in its own right.

+1 I was cynical to the extreme but it was informative.

The missus still sees the other girls we were with weekly. A great set of people in the same situation to lean on for her.

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

+2 he says while trying to get a three-week old to fking SLEEP..!

[Shakermaker]

Oh yeah, the NCT classes were definitely helpful for me as a dad-to-be. Wife found them excellent, and has regular catch ups with the other mums, us dads are on WhatsApp all together chatting away about the dad side of life

from the class, I learned a fair bit that I did not know.

I guess it all is guided by the actual capacity of the person taking the course. And also what everyone else in the group wants information on - they gave us the option to choose which 5 things were most important to us (each couple) from a list of about 10 areas, and then whichever were the most popular were the ones we covered in the most detail, though all areas were covered.

[Vaud]

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

+2 he says while trying to get a three-week old to fking SLEEP..!

3 weeks? Sadly just the start.

[Davey S2]

rsbmw said:

Alex_225 said:

Vaud said:

4 years seems to be a good age gap. Ours are 4 years apart and the eldest is very, very good with her little sister.

A friend has 3 kids, all 4 years gap and said it was perfect.

Yeah it seems to be a good balance so far. My four year old wants to be the big girl so is keen to help and is adamant she's not a baby so there's a clear difference. My cousins were two years apart and the eldest one had moments where he wanted to still be a baby so toes were trodden on.

Good news, daughter is 4.5 and son due in the next couple of weeks.

Similar for me. Daughter will be 4 on April 8th and her little brother will likely arrive around the 20th April.

[z4RRSchris]

odd news this week that my brother who is 34 is having a bay with his wife, the odd thing being that my 65 year old dad annoucned he was having twins with his 50 year old 3rd wife (he has 7 kids already)

dont know what to think of it really.

[will_]

z4RRSchris said:

odd news this week that my brother who is 34 is having a bay with his wife, the odd thing being that my 65 year old dad annoucned he was having twins with his 50 year old 3rd wife (he has 7 kids already)

dont know what to think of it really.

I wouldn't want to try to manage twins at 25, let alone 50, let alone 65.

I presume that they'll throw money at it and get help!

[p1stonhead]

z4RRSchris said:

odd news this week that my brother who is 34 is having a bay with his wife, the odd thing being that my 65 year old dad annoucned he was having twins with his 50 year old 3rd wife (he has 7 kids already)

dont know what to think of it really.

Twins at 65! No chance son. That is just horrendous

[rsbmw]

I always think it's really selfish to have kids at an advanced age, realistically you aren't going to be around for them

[z4RRSchris]

rsbmw said:

I always think it's really selfish to have kids at an advanced age, realistically you aren't going to be around for them

ditto, my thoughts exactly. It hasnt gone down well with the 7 of us.

When the kids have first day of school you will be 72 (is that your grandpa? no its my dad)
when they leave school you will be 83 (most likely dead)
then they leave uni you will be 87/88 (almost certinatly dead)