Supporting spouse

This is one thing that I hope you are both doing long before the pregnancy comes along but just in case there are a few things that change when the actual pregnancy happens.

Guys: Okay so some of the things that women might start to freak out about during the pregnancy are her changing body, if she is going to be a good mother, if she is eating or doing something that might hurt the baby, and a lot of other things that will seem very pointless to even think about let alone think about enough to worry about. That’s alright, you need to take most of them seriously and if you ever want to apply the “you are being ridiculous” attitude, don’t. There are rare times when it will be a good idea to bring it up but those situations are really rare and will change per person so if you even think about saying anything of that nature tread as though you are about to walk across a basketball field that is covered in broken bottles without shoes and with a blindfold on. My best advice would be to ask her how you can help her and then follow through. Do what you need to so that she feels like the Queen of the castle.

Ladies: Believe it or not we men need some support to, though it will come in different ways. I can’t give you a for sure “this method will work” or even a “don’t do this” because supporting us men is a totally different ball game (and I have never really had to approach it from a woman’s perspective…hahaha I made a funny ;) but if you are not sure how you can help him out that is okay because chances are you are already doing it without meaning to. But even with that letting us know that you love us and that we are doing a good job helps a lot (though again that does not mean the same thing to different men).