https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:35:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-73307 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:44:49 +0000 MH.Abroad 73307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Extremely. Tells me almost every day how much he's looking forward to being a Daddy. And making the baby... haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-73224 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:16:16 +0000 BSB 73224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, he is excited. His best friend and wife are expecting so he's hoping we get pregnant soon so our kids can play together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65843 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:43:02 +0000 winniebee 65843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH wanted kids and is very excited to be a dad. But like @Rubies, he wasn't gung ho about TTC. It's kind of a weird process. I mean, increased sex is great, but it's also kind of scheduled sex (or, at least for us it was do to work schedules....) Also, we had been together for 10 years when we started TTC so some of the spark of sexy time wore off oh...say, about 5 years ago ; ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65842 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:43:01 +0000 Rescuemom10 65842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH would talk about it more than I would. We arent TTC anymore. But he would always bring up "When you are pregnant...." or things about the baby rooms. Toys/themes. Stuff like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65818 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:22:58 +0000 Adira 65818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kml636: I'm glad my husband's not the only one, but it's good to hear your husband is more into it now! I try not to talk about it too much with my husband because I don't want to annoy him, but I also make it perfectly clear that we are trying, so he's not totally surprised if/when I get a BFP! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65816 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:21:26 +0000 kml636 65816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is also rather ambivalent. Actually it was a big struggle because he said he didn't care. Then I was pregnant &amp;<br /> Miscarried, and he did start to get a little more excited. As of now I try to not talk about it all the time, just doing the BD all the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65733 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:03:50 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 65733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband was excited in the beginning. Since we've been trying for awhile he has lost some excitement. I have as well. He is just so ready for me to be pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65714 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:47:05 +0000 Adira 65714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@beka: That's a great saying! And probably will be true with my husband! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65703 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:32:00 +0000 Rubies 65703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@beka: Absolutely. My husband admitted to me that he didn't quite realize he was about to be a father until the week before I was due. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65700 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:26:32 +0000 shinystraps 65700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is really excited for us to TTC. My brother in law is more laid back in general and he never really showed a ton of excitement - but he is a GREAT dad. </p> <p>I've heard people say that a woman becomes a mother in her mind the day she learns she's pregnant, but a man doesn't become a dad in his mind until the baby is born. Maybe it's similar with the TTC phase? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65698 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:24:44 +0000 oliviaoblivia 65698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubs wasn't ready when I was to TTC. But one month AF was a day late and a BFN made him disappointed, so now he's ready to go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65684 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:12:51 +0000 Crisark 65684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We aren't even officially TTC until the 15th and he's already reading "What to expect when your wife's expecting" on his NOOK lol It's the cutest thing. He asked me last night if I had lots of cravings the first two times I was pregnant.<br /> Since we've never had a child together and he's never had one at all it's really comforting and sweet to me that he's just as excited about this journey together as I am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65664 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:50:15 +0000 cyneswith 65664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's excited to have kids. Getting him to keep his laptop off his lap, take non-scalding showers, use a multivitamin, and not abuse energy drinks, though, is another thing entirely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65636 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:13:41 +0000 mrskc 65636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: My husband was complaining about the thermometer this morning! haha I just bought one and it beeps pretty loud. I don't think he'd tell me to stop though. </p> <p>He's pretty excited about TTC. He doesn't always show it, and I think I'm more obsessive than him, but I know he wants a kid. He was actually ready TTC before me. He just never told me because he didn't want me to feel pressure. (I'm 7 years younger than him) As soon as I mentioned having a baby, he was very excited and ready to start right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65611 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:02:45 +0000 Grace 65611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubby seems excited to have a baby and he's taken more of an interest in my friends kids. I'm not sure if he's that excited about TTC, which i probably a good thing, because I'd feel like I was letting him down with every BFN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65593 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:45:08 +0000 mrsjyw 65593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I took turns with baby fever the past year before actually TTC. Now that we are about to start cycle 3... he's anxious to get pregnant... but at all obsessive like I am... he just listens to the lil tid bits I tell him and has been learning about the process here and there... He's definitely excited to be a daddy. He hung out with his best friend's son the other night and came home super amped about wanting kids... :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65588 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:36:34 +0000 meredithNYC 65588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: I wish my husband would read the books! He works 14 hour days so he just doesn't have that much time, unfortunately. I have now resorted to the DVD route and of course, we'll do the classes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65586 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:35:02 +0000 meredithNYC 65586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I just chalk it up to his English sense of humor! And I always remind him that when TTC that's the chance you take-- you just never know :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65584 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:32:32 +0000 Adira 65584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: Thank you for your insight! I hope my husband ends up being like yours and gets more excited as time goes on! I'm actually a little nervous about getting pregnant quickly since I told my husband it could take a while... I hope he doesn't feel tricked, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65583 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:30:47 +0000 Adira 65583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Thanks! And I definitely agree - actions do speak louder than words. If nothing else, I know that my husband loves me and wants to make me happy, so he's willing to have babies with me if that's what I want! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65581 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:30:21 +0000 yoursilverlining 65581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband was much more excited to TTC than I was, to be honest. We got pregnant the first month we didn’t use protection, so there wasn’t a long TTC process for him to be involved in (except that we discussed going off b/c for months beforehand), but he’s been great throughout the pregnancy. He reads the pregnancy books (has 2 on his nightstand right now! lol), and polls his female mother friends about their pregnancies and any weird symptoms I have. He’s forever coming home with “well, I was talking to X today about what you said, and she said she had the same thing at 21 weeks!”. He is very excited to have children, he definitely has the baby rabies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65580 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:30:17 +0000 meredithNYC 65580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband was pretty much like yours. It finally came down to my turning 30 and saying that I didn't really want to leave it too long just in case we ran into fertility issues. I told him it could take months... or years, even. Well, it happened after the first try so now he jokingly says that I tricked him.</p> <p>Although he is pretty excited now, I can honestly say he didn't really "get it" until my belly started to grow (so for me, like 20 weeks or so). With every tangible milestone (ultrasounds, knowing the baby is kicking, seeing the growth, etc.) he gets more into it. I don't think it's all that unusual for men to process things that way, though. At least I hope not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65579 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:20 +0000 heffalump 65579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I feel like actions speak louder then words when it comes to my husband. I'm sure when you get pregnant and your hubby meets your LO, he'll fall in love right away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65574 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:22:27 +0000 Adira 65574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: haha, that's too funny! I suspect that might be what happens with me since I tend to get up before my husband. I hope he's excited but... who knows! He doesn't actually get excited about much, not even thing he really likes, so this may just be his personality.</p> <p>@artbee: You're lucky your husband is so involved!! My husband is annoyed at my temp taking because the thermometer I bought is digital and it beeps FOUR TIMES once it's done taking your temp. And I'm always taking it when my husband is sleeping, so it wakes him up, haha. BUT he hasn't told me to stop, so I'm taking that as a good sign! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65567 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:17:48 +0000 Rubies 65567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I had to wake the hubby up (I POAS in the morning before I left for work) and after he hugged me he said, "Congratulations" and rolled over and went back to sleep!!! Later that day I emailed him at work to see if he remembered what I had told him that morning and he wrote back, "Yeah, I remember. I feel the sudden need to work a little harder today." :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65565 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:16:17 +0000 PastaAndPotato 65565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my DH is pretty excited about TTC, and i try to keep him updated and involved on things like my cycle and how i'm feeling, to keep him feeling involved. we haven't gotten our BFP yet, but he keeps discussing when we have babies, etc.</p> <p>although, he was the one who brought up initially being ready to TTC, so that might have something to do with his excitement level </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65564 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:16:07 +0000 heffalump 65564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He was very excited. My husband doesn't show his emotions very much, but I knew he was all about it because he'd research everything. He's always tell me something he read about how to get pregnant, and he was the one with the phone app to chart my temps and he'd stick the thermometer in my mouth every morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65562 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:14:19 +0000 Adira 65562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: Thanks! That's encouraging. I'm a little nervous about when I POAS and see a BFP (hopefully) and what his reaction will be. I mean, I don't think he'd be disappointed or anything, because he knows we're trying and I talk to him about when I'm fertile and not and stuff, but I'm not sure he'll be excited either... I think he'll just be like "Oh, okay." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65559 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:12:04 +0000 Rubies 65559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband wanted to try but wasn't at all obsessed like I was. When I told him I was pregnant, he busted out a huge smile and hugged me and he is now world's best dad but the idea of TTC wasn't totally exciting for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-dads-are-they-excited#post-65551 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:59:48 +0000 Adira 65551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm curious how other TTC Dads behave!</p> <p>My husband seems fairly ambivalent about us having kids. We talk about it occasionally and he basically tells me he doesn't care if we have kids or not. Sometimes when we hang out with my best friend and her daughter (who's now two), he seems like he wants to have kids, because he enjoys playing hide and seek with her. But he'll tell me he doesn't really care.</p> <p>BUT when it comes time to TTC, he's totally willing to get down the BD (maybe that's just a guy thing) and he's very accommodating afterwards when I just lie there for 30 minutes with my hips elevated (hahaha, I'm so cool).</p> <p>I'm curious how other significant others behave during the TTC time. Is your SO excited to have kids or are they ambivalent like mine? Will mine become excited when I'm actually pregnant? Or at least when we have the kid...? </p>