Was your husband the nervous one before you had your first baby?

I can honestly say that I'm not nervous. My husband on the other hand seems to be a bit concerned. I'm more concerned with actually living with the baby :) He's more concerned about the baby actually coming out. Why do you think this is? I personally believe that in America there is so much fear surrounding birth and my husband is yet another person caught up in it.Was your husband the nervous one before you had your first baby?
Definitely. He kept timing the drive to the hospital by different routes... as it was I went into labour Friday night and had the baby on Sunday... despite being two weeks overdue.Was your husband the nervous one before you had your first baby?
my husband is cool and collected about the birth, the raising everything. I'm a little anxious about the actual birth. i've never been through it and the unknown is a little daunting to me. I worry about what it will be like once the baby is home and if I will be a good enough parent who will have well developed children. I think it's normal. I think my husband is so confident because I'm so responsible
well yes!! my hubby was very worried!!


Keep in mind though that OUR thinking (the womans) is only about baby. Their thinking though (the mans) is concern for the baby AND us!! I had an emergency section and hubby was a wreck. I was fine (relieved actually), but he was so scared something was wrong with babe and me.


They brought him in to cut the cord (I was asleep), and all he could look at was his wife cut open on a table with a breathing tube!! Poor guy was so scared!!! When he went out to tell my parents and Bff it was a boy, he was crying so hard (excited, happy, scared cry) they thought something had happened!!





They are on a huge emotional rollercoaster, but they never express it!! I would prob be the same if roles were reversed...nobody likes to see someone they love in excruciating pain, and not be able to do anything to make it better!!!





give hubby a big hug....he's just nervous for you and baby!! what a sweetie!!!
What fear in America? You want fear, go to a third world country where there is still a real chance of dying in childbirth. I think it's normal for anyone having their first baby to be a little freaked by how babies are born. After all, you don't know what your experience will be until you have it. But my husband was not the nervous one. I was. I was worried about the actual baby,as well. The second child was definitely less stressful.
I think that it's really hard for them to be experiencing pregancy purely through observation (what you can imagine is usually MUCH worse than reality). He may also have heard horror stories from friends/co-workers etc...





He may have a right to be concerned with the labor itself. My hubby was a train wreck. When we went to the hospital when my oldest was born, he was wearing Gym socks, dress slacks, and an undershirt.....he ran around the house in a complete panic. We still laugh about that one.
My boyfriend was very worried and i wasent, it's normal everyone deals with things differenlty.