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March 11, 2009

In most cultures, pregnancy is still a matter for the woman and her mother or some other female relative. Childbirth is a period for women alone, the man having no part in the process and being expected to keep away. The care of the newborn infant is the woman’s responsibility, although the man is happy to receive the congratulations of his neighbours if the child is a boy!

In recent years, in the English-speaking and Scandinavian nations, particularly among better-informed women, there has been a change. These women want to share their experience of pregnancy with their man. They hope that he will become as informed about pregnancy as they are, and that they will both read about pregnancy and attend pre-natal educational classes so that, together, they can learn about the changes which happen to a woman’s body and her emotions in pregnancy. The women hope that their men will be there to support them emotionally (and sometimes physically) during labour, and will be able to share with them the wondrous moment of the birth of their baby. They hope that their men will participate in the care of the newborn baby and will share in its upbringing. They argue, quite correctly, that as conception was a jointly pleasurable moment, their relationship will become closer and more intense if they can share the process of pregnancy, labour, and parenthood.

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