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The reason this Slide Show is in Leadership and Management is simple ... men need to feel more confident during pregnancy as they move from 'becoming a father' to 'being a father'. This slide show gives you the specific skills you need to grow in yourself throughout the pregnancy in order to keep up with the rapid growth changes in your baby and your pregnant partner. About 24 weeks include learning the skills to prepare the pregnant body to give birth and the birth coaching skills you'll need to help your birthing partner stay on top of and in control throughout the birthing process. As a man it's vitally important that you feel confident and competent. Being skilled is a sure fire way to both those feelings. If you want the very best skills for preparing for birth and coaching at any type of birth then reach for the resource created by fathers and mothers alike ... Birthing Better with The Pink Kit Method® or The Pink Kit (a tool kit of skills for fathers-to-be). If you want practical skills that work ... The Pink Kit is for you. If you want to enrich your skills ... The Pink Kit is for you. Leadership is about Teamwork. You'll learn life skills teamwork by using The Pink Kit. There's even a module specifically on that topic. You want to be a great manager of your life, relationship and as a parent ... your Pink Kit skills will give you Life skills to do just that. Welcome to all you expectant fathers. There's a new day rising for men.
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Dear Expectant Father
BECOMING A FATHER IS A PROCESS !
Time To Grow-
As an ex
pectant fa
ther
you need
to use
your
pregnancy
as a tim
e to
grow from bein
g a
'man' to
being a
'father'
. This
is tru
e of
women as w
ell.
The Transition Time-
Pregnancy
is the
transit
ion time f
rame
and 'the b
irth' is
the
very s
pecific
, defi
ned
Gateway t
hrough
which both of y
ou must
pass in order
to
'parent'.
Here’s t
he rea
lity, o
nce
you’ve
impreg
nated a
woman growth is all
on.
The fert
ilized
egg goes
on
steroids, t
he cell
s
multiplyi
ng consta
ntly and
rapidly. The B
iological
Impera
tive o
f growth ta
kes
over ev
en th
ough neither
you nor t
he mother
may
know co
nceptio
n has
occurre
d.
Growth is m
andated
regardles
s how ei
ther of y
ou
feel a
bout each
other or t
he
pregnancy,
or your f
inancial
situatio
n, your f
amily lif
e or
other facto
rs. The g
rowth of
your b
aby doesn
’t take
a
break …
not for o
ne momen
t.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Often m
en fe
el lik
e obser
vers
to this
early
pregnancy
…
and even
later
. Now’s n
ot the
time t
o just
watch. In
fact,
now is th
e tim
e for y
ou …
and all exp
ectant fa
thers …
to choose
to grow at the
same tim
e.
Of course
it’s m
uch m
ore
difficu
lt to co
ntinue t
o grow
rather than be f
orced to
by
circu
mstances
. Lucki
ly yo
ur
baby wasn’t b
orn 10 minutes
after c
onceptio
n, you get
up
to 9 months t
o grow into
‘being’ a
father.
FRAMEWORK FOR YOUR GROWTH INTO FATHERHOOD.
Pregnancy
can be b
roken up in
to 5
phases fo
r your o
wn growth:
• Conceptio
n to 12 week
s
• 12-24 week
s
• 24-32 week
s
• 32 weeks to
the b
irth
• The birt
h
THESE ARE THE QUALITIES YOU CAN FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON GROWING DURING THESE PHASES.
Remember you want to grow these qualiti
es toward yourse
lf, your b
aby
and its mother:
Kindness
Patience
Awareness
Attention to detail
Being able to see what needs to be done and doing it
Growing a second set of arms
Growing two more sets o
f eyes
Humour
Delight
Clarity
Don
’t w
ait u
nti
l you
r n
ewbo
rn
is in
you
r ar
ms
to tr
y to
fi
gure
ou
t how
to f
athe
r.
Grow skills-
Your s
kills
can be
learned
while
your
baby is g
rowing insid
e
the mother
and while
the woman is
growing
her motheri
ng skills
.
By growing yo
ur
fathering sk
ills while
pregnant a
nd using
birth/co
aching sk
ills
during birt
h then
you
can ‘b
e’ a co
nfiden
t
father once
your b
aby
is born.
www.birthingbetter.com and www.thepinkkit.comPlease visit learn more:
THANK YOU
