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  My husband and I, met when we were sixteen and seventeen. We were young and carefree. We dated for about 8 months, and things just didn’t quite go right, so we separated and went on with our lives.

I ran into my husband almost 8 years later, at a baseball game. He was playing, and he caught my eye. A few days after that, we spoke on the phone and decided to meet. To keep a long story short, we haven’t been apart since then, we got married and had a baby boy.

Now, to get to the moral of this story. My husband has 2 other children, due to circumstances he was never able to be around for the majority of the pregnancies, and never seen any of them be born.

So, our baby boy, he is now 8 months old, and this time he was around for the entire pregnancy, and for the birth. It was such an amazing thing for him to be a part of. All through the pregnancy, my husband was so nervous. He wasn’t sure how he would handle seeing a baby being born, and he didn’t know if he was going to be a good birth coach. It was really kind of cute how nervous my husband was.

The day came, to give birth to our son, it was around 3 in the morning. I woke up and knew right away that the baby was coming. My husband was sleeping, and I tried to wake him up, and didn’t have much success. There had been a few pre term labor hospital visits, so we got used to false alarms! Anyhow I had to have a friend scream in his ear on the phone, to wake him up. We didn’t get to the hospital until around 6 or 7 in the morning, and by that time I was in full blown labor, and in pain!

Labor was pretty fast, my husband made it through, and did a great job standing by  my side and helping me through the contractions. After the birth, he even took care of the baby and let me rest. He looked so happy, and proud to be a daddy again. But unlike any other time, he got to be a part of it all this time.

Our son

What I’m going to tell you next, is the point of this story. After getting to go through all these amazing things together. My husband was talking to some family and friends about the whole thing. I over heard him say that, he loved and cared about me all along, but after seeing me give birth to our son, he has a whole new respect for me, and sees me a whole new way.

That was one of the nicest things, he has ever said and I will always charish those words. I wanted to share this with you readers because I think it is so important for dads to be a part of pregnancy and births of their children. Even if you aren’t going to be in a relationship with your unborn childs mother, you still need to be a part of it, because your child being born is a huge deal. I like to say if you can take the time to make a baby, then you can take the time to be a part of the rest of the steps.  I think this story speaks for itself, as to how it affects a man, to be a part of one of lifes greatest miralces……….Life!

My husband and our son.