Second month of pregnancy for dad
The second month of pregnancy is the very first time you realize you are expecting a baby. The first month, as you may have read, is not a real month of pregnancy, at least not entirely.
The second month is the month of hormones and you will have learned that women more hormones equals big changes. The three most noticeable changes you will notice are:
- the biggest breast
- the nausea and the change of tastes
- swinging mood
The biggest breast
Enlarged breasts are due to an overdose of hormones circulating in your body while your uterus is transforming to accommodate the fetus. Be careful, however, that tighter breasts can also be much more delicate to the touch and therefore, assuming they want you around , ask if they hurt or bother when caressed.
The nauseas
I have personally known women who were no longer able (during the first months of pregnancy) to brush their teeth with normal toothpaste and had to resort to children’s toothpaste. Others, coffee drinkers, could no longer tolerate even the smell. It should be clear to you that these are not intended tantrums and that your help is needed.
If aftershave, the aroma of coffee in the kitchen, or any other smell that used to be normal in the house is no longer there, get rid of it. The problem usually lasts until the fourth month, anyone can make this small sacrifice.
The mood
If the other two symptoms are more physical and therefore easy to understand, the mood that comes and goes is a more difficult thing to manage. If you find your woman crying over things you (but only you) think are silly, let her cry. The whirlwind of hormones in circulation are not in the least interested in your rational advice, in fact they will make things worse. Hugs and silence are the best.
Miscarriage (don’t skip further)
I understand that talking about this is annoying, but statistically many pregnancies do not go beyond the eighth / ninth week. It’s nobody’s fault, nature is made that way .
You will see that no one talks about it because, since there is no way to intervene (and indeed it would not make sense), it would simply ruin moments that are fundamentally joyful. But if it happens, especially for her, it will be a cosmic drama and she has every reason to . It is she who was pregnant and it is she who lost the child. While you may make rational sense of it, she already wasn’t rational due to the hormones let alone in the face of a loss like that.
Kathryn Barlow is an OB/GYN doctor, which is the medical specialty that deals with the care of women's reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth.
Obstetricians provide care to women during pregnancy, labor, and delivery, while gynecologists focus on the health of the female reproductive system, including the ovaries, uterus, vagina, and breasts. OB/GYN doctors are trained to provide medical and surgical care for a wide range of conditions related to women's reproductive health.