Hows you OH about the pregnancy ect

[OctBebe]

Just wanted to hear a few others
My OH's quite a closed book, he doesn't show any intrest in bump or baby converstation. He has a step daughter who he is great with, I think he will no show any intrest until baby is actually here.
He will give bump the odd scratch/tickle when he walks past. Or maybe the odd "rahh" @ or jiggle bump when we are laying down.

Whats you OH like? Is there any as odd as mine? LOL

 

[gonnabeamummy]

My hubby loves my bump, whenever we are sitting together he is all over me, feeling the bump and stuff.

He says he things I look really sexy with it, which I fail to see, but whatever turns him on

 

[PAgal]

Mine has showed very little interest in anything baby until literally this week, now he actually seems excited and wants to watch the childcare dvd's even. My brother is an absolutely wonderful daddy to his son and he said that he was the same way--didn't read the books, didn't really get into it at all until baby got here. I have so many friends who say the same thing, even when their husbands pressure them to get pregnant and start a family they still don't show much interest until the baby is here. Guys are just different most of the time so I think it's perfectly normal!

 

[kimber89]

my oh lover feeling my bump and is always going on about how much he is looking forward to her coming. I think every man takes it different and reacts differently. I'm sure when your baby is here he will be totally different

 

[OctBebe]

He never gets excited about anything (I think secretly he does but doesn't show it) They only thing that I've seen him get his jollies over is when he buys new things for his project car thats now going. Lol hes such a goober.

Seeing how good he is with his daughter im sure he will be the same with his son.

 

[yourstruly10]

My hubby kinda has a been there done that attitude about it since this is our second and I was pregnant with our first only 10.5 monthts ago. Even with our first though he showed very little interest. Doesn't really care about the kicks or movement or ultrasound ect. Same with when I mention what the baby is doing this week. He never really connected with our first until she was here so I'm assuming it will be the same with this one.
Some days I'm really jealous of the women who's husbands are all into it but other days it's nice to know this is a special connection that only I feel with her.

 

[Baby2ontheway]

Mine is surprisingly very loving towards the bump...he wasnt as involved with the first two but i guess since this is our last he is taking it all in!

 

[kimini26]

Mine occasionally talks to my bump and rubs it when he gets home from work, but otherwise doesn't really seem to notice I'm pregnant. Yesterday baby was very quiet and I was freaking out so he read the kick count instructions and had me eat something and get a drink and lay down so we could count together. He eventually fell asleep but it was sweet that he made the effort. What he did tonight takes the cake though: He asked me to find him a childbirth video on youtube so he could see what actually happens.

 

[RaspberryK]

It really depends on how his day has been but when he's having a good day he will stroke and talk to the bump and be excited we only have a month left (only recently has he said he can't wait to meet the baby I don't think it was real to him before). But yesterday he had a very hard physical day at work and was grumpy in the evening and he ignored the bump totally and wasn't interested in the slightest.

Men eh?

x

 

[StarlitHome]

Mine was curious about the bump and about pregnancy from the get-go, but during and after taking our Lamaze/birth course he's gotten much more into things. He talks about labor and delivery and plans what we'll do, he's currently searching for good deals on baby furniture for our nursery, and he talks to and rubs my bump all the time when we're snuggling
At the very beginning of the pregnancy, he was a little funny about things but after the course we took he is totally confident that "we can do this" and he's excited to be a daddy.

 

[famof6]

I think my DH is funny about it.He does watch hours of baby story with me though.We don't talk about bump alot.I think he is scared of me as my hormones have been crazy and I am not a happy person to live with lately.I have noticed that when he comes to bed(he stays up late playing video games) and he assumes I am a sleep he will put his hand on bump and then jiggle it around until she start kicking and tells her he loves her.So I know he can't wait to meet our little girl but I think he just wants me back to my normal self and I agree I don't like being the mean pregnant lady!

 

[sara k]

my hubby sometimes rub her hand on bump and enjoy when baby kicks,,,

 

[Destiny08]

mine's been amazing!
when I was in the same country as him, he was at every ultrasound/midwife appointment, he came to hear her heartbeat - and the first time he heard it he cried! he's interested in how much weight I've gained (so he can check im eating enough lol) and he's gone out and bought me every craving I want! and he was amazed that my boobs leak. lol and wanted to see! "cos he's curious"
he'd talk to the bump and pat it every night when he came home from work, and every time I felt her kick he wanted to feel it too

now we're in different countries, he's sending videos so I can put the headphones to my bump and she can listen to his voice (she loves it lol) and he's asking questions still, and wants a bump pic every week. he also sends me music to get her to listen to

he's amazing!

 

[Stef]

My hubby is exactly the same and has been for both pregnancies.... And to be honest I prefer it that way. I don't sit and rub it at every available opperrunity to so I would hate for some one else to.

He gets involved in buying some stuff but he wouldn't sit and talk baby all day and I wouldn't want him to again either.

Not because I'm miserable, we both appreciate we are blessed to have 1 child and have 1 on the way but there are also other things going on in life too and neither of us like to obsess over things.

SIL has recently just had her 2nd baby and she sat and rubbed her belly contiously and all she talked about was baby, I think part of it was to turn all attention to her baby at all times and if it wasn't then it seemed like it but to be Frank... It was damned right annoying!

Xx

 

[Linzi]

my hubby was like that more in my last pregnancy, but this time he has been a lot more attentive. I don't if it's because he's matured (we both have changed sooo much since having Seth), because I'm having a girl this time or because we have less worries (money, are we going to be good parents etc) but he has def been a lot different xxx

 

[shelley22]

My OH is great, loves feeling kicks etc and takes plenty of interest and he's now very excited to meet baby!

 

[allaboard]

My OH is really interested, amazed and bonded with the baby already. We read up stuff together and talk all the time about it. He's usually got a hand on me or near me when we're sat together, ready to feel a movement/kick. It's his first and my second, so i'm perhaps less obsessed than i was last time, but it's nice to have an enthusiastic partner as i never had that before. We live the magic together and I'm so so glad i have that, it's made the experience much fuller for me. Like another poster has said he also has downloaded apps onto his phone to keep informed on what im going through as well as the baby. He's also interested in my welfare generally and very much lives this with me. I always thought men like this were a bit pussy and soppy, but he's not like that at all - instead i get the feeling we're just in this together like everything else in our relationship, and it makes me feel really secure about the future. And i have been a proper bitch to him at times too, luckily he's playing the long game lol.

I think that even in the most detached man there is still hope after the birth, some men need that to happen before they become demonstrative in their love and interest in the baby.

 

[Babynumber1]

Me fella showed more interest in our 1st bump this time he doesnt bother touching it or talking to it xx

 

[JZW]

Hubby has been really attentive and caring throughout the pregnancy. He likes feeling her move about inside and speaks to her every night. He doesn't indulge in much baby talk esp. when I'm with my friends, but I know he pays attention to stuff. Like yesterday I was talking about popping baby on my boob for nighttime feeding and he started talking about latching. I was like "wow he's using bf-ing terms!!"

 

[htaylor]

my hubby has his moments with bump! he's become really protective of me since i fell down the stairs, he walks behind me where ever i go just to make sure i'm safe.
He rarely talks to bump but has a play everynight (he gets kicky around 11pm so OH gets proddy)
Only started reading his baby book this week too! think it's more real for him now than it was, never really took an interest in the nursery but was adament he put the cotbed up and he picked out the pram and carseat!

After he's had a drink or two he gets very into baby! He lays his head on my tummy to try to listen to his LOs heartbeat and says 'daddy daddy daddy daddy' over and over to encourage him to say the word daddy first!

i love how he has been with baby!, he's been short tempered with me when ive had my moodswings but i think he is super excited for LO to arrive! x