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Understanding Her
What Experts Say
Understanding your pregnant wife is like staring at a beautiful and complicated Escher painting -- the more you think you've understood, the more the image changes, surprises, perplexes, and delights. Pregnant women are fickle creatures, dealing with everything from morning sickness to nesting impulses, and the best thing you can do to understand her is to be with her as much as you can.
Be there with her: The more you participate in the pregnancy -- by attending prenatal check-ups, helping her satisfy food cravings, making arrangements for the birth and baby -- the more you will understand the changes her body and mind are going through during this special (though not always easy) time.
Ask her what she needs: Maybe it's a shoulder to cry on, maybe it's a pint of ice cream, maybe it's space to be alone, but the more you talk to your wife about her needs and the more you help her satisfy them, the better you will understand her.
Read all about it: In addition to books for expectant dads like Alan Cullen's "From Here to Paternity", James Barron's "She's Having a Baby: And I'm Having a Breakdown", and James di Properzio's "The Baby Bonding Book for Dads", read some of what she's reading about pregnancy and childbirth so you know what experts are saying to her.
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