Fathers at Birth

Just learned about an exciting new book called Fathers at Birth and wanted to share a link to the website (www.fathersatbirth.com). As a childbirth educator, I have a special interest in how to truly prepare fathers for birth and so I'm really looking forward to picking up new ideas and resources from this book. In the introduction to the book the author shares a typical "taxicab delivery story" in which an unprepared taxicab driver is called upon to assist a woman giving birth in the back seat en route to the hospital (no one's ideal birth scenario!). The author says:

"Just like the driver, an expectant father is already equipped to attend his partner during childbirth (emphasis mine); the secret is switching modes. The driver has to shift out of his angst and habitual way of thinking so he can see and respond to the situation as it is. Not how he wants it to be. He has to show up and play it as it lays."

--Molly Remer