From Conception - Dads Are An Important Factor To Maternal Child Health

I once participated in a national study that was for expectant mothers. I asked the question about dad's being a part of the study. The response from the researchers was, "Why would we have fathers involved prenatally?"
Wow have times changed. Dads, consider the following research:

Father Factor in Maternal and Child Health

Infant mortality rates are 1.8 times higher for infants of unmarried mothers than for married mothers.
Source: Matthews, T.J., Sally C. Curtin, and Marian F. MacDorman. Infant Mortality Statistics from the 1998 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 48, No. 12. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2000.


It is just as important for you to get in their from the moment you and your partner discover that you are having a child together.