Fathers carry a real role in pregnancy, birth, and the early days of parenting, whether or not they were ever told so directly. What follows is a small library on showing up for that role well.
What changes when a father knows his part
This is what my first child really taught me. Like many first-time fathers, I knew very little about pregnancy, birth, or my own role in it. Being unaware of my part left me under-prepared emotionally too, and that affected more than just me.
Conscious preparation isn’t only for the mother-to-be, even though it can feel that way. The resources below are here for the partner who wants to understand his part and step into it.
Recent birth podcast appearances
Fear Free Childbirth with host Alexia Leachman, author of Fearless Birthing: how partners can support women during pregnancy and birth.
Mamalution with host Imanee: birth, ancient wisdom traditions, regenerative agriculture, and raising children in community.
Hosted by Souvereign: Hijacked at Birth? Programs for Sovereignty Suppression Exposed, on Substack.
Go deeper on the pregnancy and birth side
Hapuutanga, the Māori way of pregnancy, gives fathers their place from the very first trimester: the foot massage, the oriori sung to the baby night after night, and the hands that receive the child at birth. All of it lives in Pregnant Together, From the First Trimester →
Read the full story
Nine months of pregnancy, the Lotus Birth itself, and seventeen years of living what it set in motion, all in All the Way Whole: Nine Months, Ten Days, and Seventeen Years, free to download and free to pass on.
First shared on souvereignsharing.net.