December 19, 2002

Survey of men's adaptations to parenthood

There has been quite a bit of publicity this week in the Sydney newspapers about a study that has been done looking at father’s reactions to their partner’s pregnancy and the changes it has wrought in their relationship. The study of 222 men at Nepean Hospital in western Sydney and Adelaide's Flinders Medical Centre is the first in the world to look specifically at how men's lives and moods change with the arrival of a baby.

It seems that many men are reacting poorly to the lack of sex, reduced support and attention from their partners, and many were finding it hard to bond with their babies, especially if the baby cried a lot or was “dull and uninteresting”.

It was the lack of sex that seemed to cause the most concern, and men were surprised that their partners were not as interested as before during the pregnancy and were even less interested after the birth. This is one are that could useful be addressed in prenatal classes, and although it won’t necessarily improve the outcome (in terms of how often men get the sex they want) it may at least help them to realise that a lack of interest in sex is rather typical.

Sex and sexuality as a topic for classes is one that many educators shy away from, even though talking about sex is popular and engages everyone’s interest. There are ways to make it easier, and I have written about how to incorporate this fascinating issue in the program.

The feedback I heard on one radio talk program was fun - several fathers said that the men who were interviewed should “get a grip”and “get into the real world” and stop complaining - fatherhood had so many pluses to outweigh the negatives that they should count their blessings instead of complaining.

There are lots of issues that fathers that would benefit from discussing in prenatal programs. There’s another article that I’ve written on how to include the men more that some of you might find useful. I certainly think that we should be including the men in all of the prenatal classes - after all they are half of the new family and we must include them at the very least, on that basis.

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