Although we had been trying for a couple of months when she said the words "I'm pregnant" I still went into a state of panic, fear and overwhelming happiness. I was going to be a Dad.
Hiding the pregnancy when we went out was hard, I felt like I was the one getting all the morning sickness. Night after night of secretly drinking Polly's white wine as well as my own beer made for some shocking hangovers.
During the scan the little babies seemed to be quite active and happily bouncing around walls of my wife's uterus, completely oblivious to the emotional volcano they had just erupted on their parents...twins!
When the gynaecologist referred to my wife as the mother, "It's up to your wife, as the mother to...." I suddenly felt very young to be a father. I had only just got comfortable with calling her "wife" life was moving very fast.
Average age of fathers in Australia is 32.9 years.
The world's oldest recorded father is purported to be Australian mine worker, Les Colley, who was 92 years 10 months when he fathered a son, Oswald, in 1992. "I never thought she would get pregnant so easy, but she bloody well did," he told newspapers at the time, referring to his Fijian wife whom he'd met through a dating agency a year earlier.
The average number of disposable nappies that a child will wear up to the age of 2 1/2 years is 7,350
I was very shocked when my wife told me she was pregnant. I was scared, happy, excited, worried all at the same time. I had so many things going through my head at once and was calling everyone. That night went to google and typed in " am going to be a dad." To my surprise this website came up and I have been receiving emails on a weekly basis telling me whats going on. I love the website and am glad to see upgrades are being made. There are so many books, yet they have a small section in the back, for the dads to be. I hope this website has helped me be a little more prepared, and if anything it reminds me of what week in the pregnancy we are on with all the madness that is happening each week. Thanks so much for the continuous info
The most important thing that I learnt very on is that it is my fault. Everything she is going through is my fault. It does not matter if it is my fault or not, it is easier and makes her feel better if i take the blame. No matter what i get in trouble for i just think it is nothing compared to what she is going through. And if nothing i do makes it better, go to a baby shop and let her buy something. Always seems to make things better. Love the website by the way. Helps me understand what she is going through in normal terms