A pastor’s musings on fatherhood, religion, life and everything

How many of you dads out there, after recovering from the initial shock of it all, went to find out more about your partner's pregnancy? I know as a first-time dad, I wanted to know more about what was happening in my wife and baby's life as the days, weeks, and months went by. Admittedly, I did not know a lot about pregnancy other than the fact that she was having the baby and I wasn't! So I searched around, found a book or two on the topic and read some magazines on the subject. But as I was reading the magazines, I looked more carefully at the covers and saw that they were all geared towards women. I was not too surprised by that fact since 100% of births are done by women, but slightly perturbed by the fact that there was nothing written in them for fathers to be. I think one magazine was entitled Parents or Parenting but was geared exclusively towards women. If I was a woman, I would be outraged that this is the 21st century and they still assume that only women can properly raise a child. But as a man, I was still outraged that it didn't seem to matter that I had a part in the process of creation and also want to be a part after the birth. Sure there was a paragraph, maybe two but rarely a whole page devoted to what dad may be going through. And usually it was written by a woman. Come on, how fair is that? So women and magazine editors, do you want me to be good dad, then include me in your target audience!