jennifercaston 
My husband is a great partner because he respects me and can be supportive without being bossy or pushy. Although this should be obvious and simple, it is surprisingly difficult for many straight, cisgender males due to patriarchy. This can pose a problem for co-parenting straight couples. While dads are admirably keen to participate in all aspects of parenting, they don’t realize that there are times when dads need to back off.
How to Decide Whether or Not to Keep a Pregnancy
“My body, My choice” is more than a slogan to be repeated until politicians understand it. This is something that many male partners must also understand. Men have the chance to decide if they want to become fathers before having sex or dispensing their sperm in the case of IUI/IVF families. It is up to the woman to decide after conception. Period.
How Mom Chooses Her Birth Plan
The moment a baby is born is special for all the family. But it is also a significant and important (and possibly traumatic) event in the life of the woman giving birth. This is where mom’s wants and needs take precedence.
How to Decide Whether or Not To Breastfeed
The first decision to feed a baby is made by the mom. This includes her body, postpartum health, and recovery from labor and delivery. Dads can read more about the topic to learn how to support their partner breastfeeding and/or how formula feeding a baby works. They should not force a decision in either direction. is her body. is her choice.
If a Mom is having trouble with breastfeeding in the early stages
Dads can support early breastfeeding success in many ways. However, pushing her to breastfeed if she doesn’t want to or telling her to “just give the baby a drink” is not. This is a good message for dads to use in many situations. Let me know how and if you can help.
The Decision of a Breastfeeding Mom When to Wean
Just as a mom decides whether to breastfeed, also decides how long to breastfeed. This is a particularly important reminder to men who struggle to remember what breasts are for: nourishing children, and not straight cisgender male sexual interests.
When/Whether Mom Returns to Work after Baby
Financial matters should be discussed between all adults. If it’s open to the question of whether mom will return to work outside of the home, then that should be her decision. It shouldn’t be something she is forced to do or something that is influenced by outdated, but still prevalent, gender stereotypes.
How His Partner Decides Whether and When She’s Ready for Postpartum Sex
Consent, consent, consent. Anyone who is worth having sex and/or raising children with should know that enthusiastic consent should be the foundation of any sexual encounter. It doesn’t matter how long it has been. It doesn’t matter how long it has been.
How Mom Determines if She’s Ready for Other Postpartum Activities
It is admirable that dads want to help their partners get back in their pregnancies groove. As with everything else, she must decide when she is ready.
If he hasn’t done his homework
Many men still don’t get the message that it is important for them to read and learn about raising children. If they want to be equal parents, however, they must do the same amount of cognitive and emotional work.
How a mom can make peace with her postpartum body
There are many ways you can support a partner after a baby, especially if she’s still trying to adapt to the changes in her body. Pushing for exercise or other postpartum beauty routines is not a good idea. Shaming her for not looking as great as she once did is. Pushy behavior can cause more harm than good.
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