In the coming 40 weeks, roughly, your partner is going to experience some huge physical and emotional changes.
In the early stages she many feel exhausted this is due to changing oestrogen and the emotional impact of being pregnant.
The middle of the pregnancy is often the easiest but she will still be experiencing physical and emotional changes. In the
latter months she maybe completely exhausted as the baby grows.
For more on the stages of pregnancy read this article. During a normal pregnancy a woman may find it difficult to get comfortable and therefore find it hard
to sleep, may suffer a from a whole range of irritating discomforts, vomiting all day, indigestion, back pain, cravings,
swollen ankles, needing to go to the toilet a lot, to mention just a few symptoms. If there are complications with the pregnancy
the problems can be worse, if you wish to know more about the complications that can occur then go to problems in pregnancy.
All of this may leave you feeling glad that men don’t have babies, but many of you will feel helpless as to
how you can improve things for your partner. Don’t worry there are so many things that expectant dad's can do to help,
read ‘what to do to help during pregnancy’ for some tips.
The main thing for a man to expect is to expect the unexpected and go with it, you may get screamed at for no reason, you
maybe asked to go out tio the 24 hour garage for ice cream, you may feel like you are living with a stranger. Keep
in mind no matter what happens that it will come to an end and it will be worth the wait and you will see the woman you love
again!
