Typical Traits

It appears that even with the world telling us that we are all different, I have stepped easily into the standard patterns of expecting father. Intellectually I know that people tend to have similar responses, blah blah blah. Emotionally, though, I always hoped that I bucked the trends just a bit, and worked things out my way occasionally. Nope. I am officially in the "you and everybody else" category. I suppose it was egotistical of me to think otherwise. Every page of "The Expectant Father" (great book, highly recommended by me and my bro-in-law) leaves me nodding thinking, "oh, that's whats going on". I am worrying about all the things that are typical: my capability as a parent, money, some nesting things. Admittedly, I am a bit early, as we are only at 7 1/2 weeks. And it is stupid too, since pregnancy is a blip of time in comparison to the rest of the child's life, which lead to me worrying about childcare, schools, and teaching the child the most important things, like sailing. The book, by the way, covers this too, it just indicates that while I am remarkably normal in having these fears, I am really early. I am hoping that a better early than never is a positive approach here.
Angie on the other hand has been pretty perpetually uncomfortable. She has had morning sickness (a misnomer: it can occur all day and night) since the beginning and it tends to wane, but not go away. I actually had to ask exactly what was going on, because I was concerned for her and her apparent disinterest in all things baby. She looked at me incredulously and said that she didn't feel well. With a little prodding and feeling oafish for not understanding, I finally realized that she has been trying to avoid getting sick for three weeks straight, and she is damn tired of it. I think that talking about that was a small hurdle by itself, since now we both can work on it together and I have no excuse for ignorance and she knows to tell me what is happening instead of expecting me to infer it. Of course it does nothing for the morning sickness itself, but we are still working with the healthy foods every two hours minimum, and more exercise (if she's up to it) and sleep.
I will try to post about our second pre-natal visit, or at least the info this afternoon.