Take it from the dads of the 40 Weeks documentary, babies change everything!
First comes love, then comes marriage? then come those two little blue lines.
When you first realize you?re pregnant, there?s a range of emotions followed by body changes, a rounding belly, those unexpected flutters and kicks and fear of the impending unknown: Birth. But it?s a very different time for dad.
When does it really sink in for the guy in your life" We chatted with a few of the fathers from the new 40 Weeks documentary, including its director-dad Christopher Henze for the guy?s take on this full-term trip of a lifetime.
Dad Duty
?I went through pregnancy with my wife Dominique 8 years ago,? explains Christopher. ?I was always searching for men to talk to about how I saw it.? Coming up short, he knew he had a duty to dads (and moms) everywhere to paint the picture of what pregnancy is really like?all 40 weeks of it. Christopher struggles to describe how his own family changed when it expanded with daughter Gaia. ?It was all way more profound than I could have ever imagined,? he says. ?To hold my daughter, to feel her pull me toward her?so amazing. A person who isn?t a parent can never understand, but a parent can never fully describe it, either.? As 40 Weeks followed more than a dozen families movie-goers gained a glimpse into how the papas were also coming to terms. ?At first, it?s like being an extra in a movie,? explains new dad Jared Balsky. ?It?s all about the mom, and then the b...