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How to Have a Happy Wife and Healthy Pregnancy

April 11, 2018
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So you’re going to be a dad! While mom is carrying baby for nine months, dads can be involved every step of the way. Here are a few things dads can do to help moms during pregnancy, and keep their happy wife and healthy pregnancy!

Happy Wife and Healthy Pregnancy

Happy Wife – Healthy Pregnancy

Ask her how she’s feeling and listen

Your partner may be feeling super anxious about the upcoming labor and delivery, plus the raging hormones can cause extreme mood swings (warning!). Listen to her concerns, let her vent, and just be there for her to listen as she needs your reassurance and support now more than ever.
Share your own concerns and feelings too, as you’ll also have your own set of worries about fatherhood. If you’re both openly communicating, it will help you both deepen your understanding and compassion for one another, and make you feel more prepared as a couple.

Help her without being asked

Pregnancy takes an emotional toll, but obviously a real physical one too! Your partner may be falling asleep on the couch by 7:00 p.m. and is too tired to do household chores. This is the time to step up and take on extra chores around the house.

Be involved

This is your baby too, so plan to accompany her to checkups, ultrasounds, and prenatal classes. Read the pregnancy books, and help her prepare a birth plan together. The more you both are prepared for baby, the better you’ll feel when the due date arrives.

Pamper her

Pregnancy is the time when she needs pampering the most; help her feel comfortable, especially after a long day. A massage or foot rub can make a huge difference, as will making her a lovely dinner, or bringing her an herbal tea in bed. Especially during the last trimester when she is feeling uncomfortable, help by propping her with pillows or putting a heating pad on her back.

Fill her cravings

It’s 10:00 p.m. and your wife is suddenly craving pizza? It is your hubby duty to get up off the couch and pick up a greasy pie for her! Be prepared to spring out of bed at 3:00 a.m. to fetch a chocolate chip cookie… or two!

Tell her she’s beautiful

While many women carry pregnancy ‘well’, others find it to be a rough time physically. The stretch marks, weight gain, and swollen ankles can make a woman feel unattractive. Compliment her on her adorable baby bump and glowing complexion. Make sure she knows how much you adore her, and your growing baby.

Thank you to Maria Lianos-Carbone for this wonderful article on how to have a happy wife and healthy pregnancy.

Maria Lianos-Carbone is the author of “Oh Baby! A Mom’s Self-Care Survival Guide for the First Year: Because Moms Need a Little TLC, Too!”, available at Amazon.com  and  Barnes & Noble, and publisher of amotherworld.com, a lifestyle blog for women.


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