by forme

Created on: March 17, 2009

I'm not a husband but I am a mother and I am pregnant with my second child, so I can give husband's a few tips that will make it easier to support their wives while they are pregnant. I would say that they need to be understanding and understand that if she is being crabby or needy it's because she's got a living human being growing inside of her and she needs your help. Tell her that she is beautiful no matter what she looks like or how much weight she gains. Make sure that you rub her stomach and talk to the baby, woman love that and makes them feel as though you actually are involved. Go to her doctors appointments when you can and attend ultrasound's. Go out at 3 or 4 in the morning and get her the foods that she is craving, will make her feel as though you love her. When she gets angry or upset don't take what she does or says to heart, remember that she is overly emotional due to her hormones running wild. Just tell her that you love her and that you are always going to be there for her.

There is other things that you can do for you wife to support her and things that you can do for yourself to cope with her being pregnant and her raging hormones. You can try going to some classes made just for dad's that talk about what she is going through and ways to help yourself and help her through this period. You can ask her once in awhile. Rub her feet, rub her back, offer to help her in the shower. Sometimes doing those things cause sooth her while she's pregnant and she'll appreciate it in the end. She won't be in pain and she'll be relaxed which in turn will make her feel better about herself and she won't be so hard to live with. I know with me being pregnant those are some of the things that make me feel better and my partner doesn't mind doing. He understands that being pregnant is a hard thing to deal with sometimes and it hurts and so the more he does to help relax me the more I am at ease and the better I feel. So in turn I'm easier to live with and he doesn't have any problems coping with me, and feels better knowing that he supported me in my time of need. Although remember your wife won't be like that forever, it does end and in the end you are going to feel better about yourself and about your wife knowing that you were able to support her and help yourself cope with her being pregnant. Pregnancy is a beautiful thing and shouldn't have to feel like a chore either, so just relax and your wife will come around and relax with you.

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