I was pretty sure I was pregnant when I took my first pregnancy test.  We'd been trying for almost a year and my period was several days late and I felt just awful.  Being worried that I would not be pregnant, I opted to take a pregnancy test alone, to save myself the embarrassment if I wasn't pregnant. Well, I wasn't wrong, I was pregnant.

When I told my husband, he looked shocked and  said, "What?" I burst into tears. His reaction was so not what I expected. I don't know why that simple word drove me over the edge, but it did. Over the years I've heard some crazy responses from dads to pregnancy announcements, enough that I can say with confidence, don't say these things.

What was your partner's response to your pregnancy? Was it just right? Lacking? Or down right offensive?

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So you're having a planned cesarean birth for you baby.  While there are certainly some things on your typical birth plan that might not work for your cesarean birth plan, there are a number of things that you do have control over! Here are six things you can have control over when you've giving birth in the operating room. Did you experience any of these?

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One of the first things you might have noticed is that there are some smells that set you off when pregnant. The odd thing is, this doesn't have to be something terrible (like a garbage can). In fact, many moms are surprised it's often something they love (like coffee). Did you suffer from smell aversion in pregnancy?

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I saw a Facebook post the other day asking the question: What can a dad do other than breastfeed?  It made me think of all the times society answers that with: Change diapers! That's sort of sad, isn't it?  I mean, no one really wants to change diapers. So I started coming up with some fun things that dads can do with babies.

• Wear the baby
• Bathe baby
• Read to baby
• Sing to baby
• Take walks with baby
• Do baby massage
• Snuggle skin to skin with baby
• Skype with baby to see distant relatives

Basically anything except breastfeed... So as you all think about Father's Day, what is on your lists?

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