Just thinking about being a dad makes me tired

I know I should be basking in the glory of silence and freedom as the last moments of pre-parenthood slip away and my new journey begins.

But instead, I'm looking at the process of raising a child and realize.

I'm tired just thinking about being a dad!

Wish me luck on my way to being the best dad I can be.

First Doctor Visits: It's official, she's pregnant.

Ok, so we just went in for our "early" ultra sound... which means there will be more ultra sounds.

We're only on the 8th week and this is already our second doctor's visit. I think I need to have a talk with the doc and see which visits are really necessary and which are superfulous monitoring.

I want to give my baby a healthy up bringing, but I don't want to become doctor dependant.

I do question the dependance on being at the doctor or a hospital all the time. How many of the doctor visits are going to be neccessary and how many are not?

I'm not sure how I feel about the ultra sound. It seems like over kill to me. But it was pretty cool to see the little bugger on the computer screen. I'll admit that.

Although the machine does not let you hear the heart beat, we were able to see it beating rapidly, which is very normal. About a baby / fetus rapid heartbeat (about.com)

So now it's officially official. My wife is pregnant and we're going to be parents.

I guess we have another ultra sound at 20 weeks to find out more information, but I'm kind of weirded out about looking in there all the time.

In the old days (back when I was born) they didn't do ultra sounds and I'm pretty sure babies were still being born. In fact, I'm pretty sure babies have been born for generations with out these fancy gizmos and gadgets. However, I do know that modern technology can improve quality of life in many ways, so I'm torn on the issue.

While checking out the ultra sound pics was pretty neat, I'm not quite sure what it accomplished. I saw there was something in there, but I already knew that.

It made my wife feel better though, as she teared with relief that everything was going to be ok. That made it worth it.

One thing I have to keep remembering on my way to becoming the best dad I can be is that when mommy's happy... daddy's happy.

Oh yeah... here's a picture of our kid!



ultra sound photo at 8 weeks one day

My father in law says it looks like me :)


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Finding out my wife is pregnant

Now that we've been to the doctor and everything is official, I'm remembering back to when I first found out my wife is pregnant.

I hear a cry for my name and answer the call. "I'm pregnant" my wife yelled as I was laying on the couch.

I got up and went to the bathroom. There on the counter was a pee stick pregnancy test. I'd seen them before. My wife wanted to be pregnant and she was checking and hoping almost since the day we were married.

I remembered seeing wierd false positve like results on tests in the past. I would look at the questionable stick and it would be a negative sign with just a hint of a line down the middle. The box explains similar results which could mean positive... but in our case it was negative each time I gave a second opinion.

This time when I looked, it was undeniably a positve test result.

I don't know exactly how to explain the feeling I had. It wasn't quite disbelief, because I understood the whole process and could see the results right in front of me. I wasn't quite afraid, though I do ponder the challenges ahead. I felt like I was happy... I guess.

I say "I guess" with a smile, as I know I was happy. However, my wife would explain that I didn't show I was happy.

I remember it as a time when I felt a bit proud and deep in thought. My wife remembers it as me saying something like "yep, you're pregnant" and then going back to my work.

Oops!

Any guy reading this, remember to hug your lady when she tells you she's pregnant (and probably other important stuff too).

In an effort to be the best dad I can be... I'll try to remember, more hugs.

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I'm going to be a dad

Hi,

My name is ken, I am 34 years old and I'm going to be a dad.

In these first few post, I am going to try to catch you up to speed, as I am now in the process of becoming a dad for the first time.

My wife and I just went to the doctor and found out we are 8 weeks and 1 day into the process.

Since I'm already getting conflicting feelings and feedback to just about everything related to rearing a child, I am writing this blog as a public diary of what this process has been like for me in my attempts to become the best dad I can be.

That is why this blog's title is called Best Dad Blog. (If It were to be about the actual Best Dad, well that would have to be a blog about my father :)

Please feel free to comment on any of my posts to give me your feedback.

Ken -new dad in the making

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