There are still future parents who disregard almost everything that happens after the baby is conceived. Luckily, less and less. Fortunately, more and more men know the importance of accompanying the mother throughout the process and want to live with her. Further, that accompaniment of the father will improve his bond with the baby. And isn't that what every parent wants?
Because we cannot pretend that after nine months that have passed with hardly any contact with our future son they conclude in an explosion of love and harmony with the arrival of the baby, which many changes entail. If the mother, who has carried her child inside during all that time, often finds it difficult to adapt, what will become of those detached parents?
According to a review published in the Magazine of the Midwifery Federation, several studies indicate that the accompaniment of women and the consequent improvement of the "crisis" of family development that involves pregnancy and childbirth are related to the improvement of the paternofilial bond.
The fact that the father was involved contributed to the fact that the new family dynamic with the arrival of the baby will be adopted with less difficulty.
The objective of the work was to know the benefit of the accompaniment of the couple during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, in relation to the paternofilial bond, through a bibliographic review of the published scientific literature.
As the authors point out, just as the mother establishes the link through visualizations of the fetus and the sensations produced by her intrauterine movements, the father can begin that link before the baby is born.
It is essential to accompany the father in pregnancy, his role in childbirth, postpartum and even breastfeeding, so you have to be present at each stage. And luckily, more and more future parents are those who do not doubt it and join this process together since pregnancy
This will have a greater knowledge and bond with the baby, because talking to him, singing or caressing him while he is still in the belly, seeing him on ultrasound, knowing how he will be born, participating in the election of his clothes ... makes him feel closer when finally born, that is not a complete stranger.
In short, if as a future dad you want to be an important part of the care and education of your children, your home and a happy childhood, Do not hesitate, get involved from the start and it will improve the paternofilial bond and ultimately functioning as a family.
