Should the future father go with the mother to the dr?

Question

that is the question, at least the 1st one?

Answer 1

I would save his time off for the ultrasound.  Other than that - the appointments are more waiting and driving than talking with the doctor.

Answer 2

I guess it would depend on what the mother was comfortable with.  My husband doesn't go with me, but after having 4 kids, what's the point?  He'll be there for the delivery and that's what matters to me.  It doesn't mean he's not interested or anything like that, but with his work, it would be very hard to schedule an appt. when he could be there.  Whatever works for the mom and dad is fine.

Answer 3

Yes. My husband went to every single appointment with each of our pregnancies. I don't know why the dad wouldn't go.

*Wow, I guess a lot of people don't have involved spouses! That sucks for them, and will suck for the kids in the future!!!

Answer 4

The future father should WANT to go to the doctors with the mother and with as much excitement. It is not a question of if he SHOULD.

Answer 5

Well my husband would have if he could have,but he wouldn't have been able to to take off of work that often.He did take off for the ultrasounds though.If the dad is available,why not..

Answer 6

My husband went to almost every Dr appointments with all 4 of our kids.  But some men have issues with the Doctor examining their wifes even if it isn't an internal exame.  It is a guy thing.

Answer 7

I think he should go to the first one and any ultrasound appointments because it's something special but there isn't much of a point in him taking off work to go to any subsequent regular appointments. They don't really do much of anything during those so he's not missing out on much.

Answer 8

If he is available, why not?

Answer 9

I went to as many as I could. So I say YES!

Answer 10

If he is available, sure.  However, from person experience, it was hard enough for me to find time to go to the doctor, and coordinatining both of schedules was nearly impossible.

Answer 11

It's really up to the Mother and Father to be if he should be there or not.  My husband works a full time job and now that I'm going to the Doctor once or twice a week it's hard for him to take off for every appointment.  My husband has been there for all the ultrasounds.  A lot of the visits are pretty uneventful so having him take a full day off work for those is a little pointless. Good luck with whatever you decide!!!

Answer 12

my husband didn't for my daughter or for the baby I'm pregnant with now. I usually go during work and it's not convenient for him. He didn't go to the first one especially because it involved a pelvic exam and blood drawing which he is very squeamish about. I didn't care though. He was there for the 2nd trimester ultrasound and the birth of course. That was the only thing that was important to me.