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Mom in the Making
Creating a Special First Mother's Day
By I.J. Schecter
Here's some quick trivia for expectant fathers. Your partner's first official Mother's Day is:
a) the first Mother's Day after the baby is born;
b) the first Mother's Day after the baby is conceived;
c) the first Mother's Day after you start talking about having a baby.
The answer is b. Wait a minute, I hear you saying, how is it Mother's Day if the baby hasn't arrived yet? Alas, your thinking is dangerously narrow. But there's a good reason in this case (as opposed to, say, leaving the toilet seat up, for which there is never a good reason).
Men, though fascinated by the pregnancy process and astounded upon hearing a heartbeat or seeing the ultrasound, still cannot truly understand the magnitude of emotion that accompanies fatherhood until they kiss, touch and hold their baby, confirming it as a real, living, breathing thing.
But your partner already has that intimate connection with your growing child, because she's carrying it inside her, feeling utterly responsible for its healthy development, feeding it directly through her own body and bearing physical witness to every one of its kicks, punches and rolls. Take a moment to imagine if the baby were actually living inside you for nine months, a part of you, protected inside the walls of your abdomen. Don't you think you'd already feel like a father?
Good. Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about some great ways to honor her impending motherhood. There are four main categories you can use to guide this decision.
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