Pregnancy Tips for New and Expectant Dads

Preconception and Pregnancy Tips

The Fertility Secret You Should Never Tell

As a guy, we warn you about one key thing that should be a pact between you and your wife. Neither of you should ever tell anyone who's "fault" it is that you're having trouble getting pregnant.

What Guys Can Expect at the Fertility Clinic

If the fertility clinic requires insertion of your sperm into your wife's uterus or cervix, you'll be asked to go to the fertility clinic and provide a good strong dose while she is propped up and waiting for your sperm.

Talking About Fertility Options With Your Wife

First of all, fertility is a medical issue and difficulties conceiving a baby are never anyone's "fault." You can repeat this over and over again, but it is true that in our culture, it is a big hit to your masculinity if you can't father a child.

PCOS - What is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

PCOS is the most common hormonal reproductive problem in women of childbearing age. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome has certain symptoms. These are some of them as listed by the U.S. Department of Health.

Considering Becoming a Dad after 50?

While the prospect of becoming a dad at 50 can be as exciting as at 30, it can have its share of complications or risks. According to researchers at the University of California, sperm count decreases with age and sperm tends to get sluggish and lose their ability to approach an egg.

Ovulation Calculator - Determines Your Spouse's Fertility

If you and your spouse are planning to have a baby, an ovulation calculator is an excellent tool to help you increase your chances of a successful conception. To understand how the ovulation calculator works, it is important to know about ovulation and how it affects conception.

8 Top Early Pregnancy Symptoms

Find article on how early pregnant wife can experience pregnancy symptoms and signs. Find top 8 early pregnancy symptoms and signs.

Family Planning - What Dads and Moms Need to Know

Information about natural family planning. Education and training for dads and moms on family planning method. Family planning understood as prevention of pregnancy. It is also important to speak to a family planning counselor who can guide you and your spouse through the various birth control options available and help you evaluate the pros and cons of each.

Losing Interest in Sex During Pregnancy

Help! I'm an expectant father and something's happening to my libido. I used to be one of those guys who loved to have sex anytime. But now that my wife is pregnant, I've completely lost interest. What's wrong with me?

Understanding the Different Stages of Pregnancy

Become a partner with your doctor to manage your spouse's pregnancy care. During the early months of pregnancy, regular doctor visits or prenatal care are especially important.

Pregnancy Morning Sickness Symptoms and Remedies

My wife is two months pregnant and is nauseous pretty much all day long. Isn't morning sickness supposed to be in the morning? Is there anything I can do to help her calm her stomach? Will her morning sickness last throughout the pregnancy? Does morning sickness hurt the baby?

Smoking and Drinking During Pregnancy

My wife is smoking while pregnant and is a recovering alcoholic - or at least she was. Her doctor told her to quit smoking immediately and forever and she promised she would. But just a few weeks later she started up again. And she's started drinking again too.

Dads Guide on How to Involve in Breastfeeding

Everyone says that new mothers should breastfeed their babies but I've never really known why. Isn 't formula just as good for our child? And, I know this sounds nuts, but is there anything I can to do to stay involved while my wife is nursing? I feel so left out.

Dads Have Physical Pregnancy Symptoms Too!

Expectant dads can also experience pregnancy symptoms or couvade symptoms, similar to their pregnant spouses. Read tips and advice on couvade symptoms and theories that explain this mysterious phenomenon.

Dealing with Miscarriage - Pregnancy Ends Prematurely

Expectant dads, like expectant moms, have hopes and dreams and fantasies about their unborn children, and most of us feel a profound sense of grief when those hopes and dreams and fantasies are dashed. And like our wives, most men feel inadequate and guilty when a pregnancy ends prematurely.