Introduction

Hello everyone,
I am a 29 year old, married, father of two, with one more on the way. I decided to start a blog where I can share my experiences as a dad and as a husband of a wife who is pregnant. There are many pregnancy books for moms, but not a lot of great ones for dads-to-be. I figured I'd share my experiences to maybe help others understand what dads go through, or that there are dads out there going through similar things.

So, here's my first blog post:
I am a full-time teacher, school baseball coach, part-time real estate agent, and graduate student. That being said, I try to to everything well, including being a husband and dad.
However, at this point, my wife is nine weeks pregnant and I am feeling helpless. The last two days I haven't gotten home from being out working all day until after 10pm. This is tough because my wife and I have a 3 year old boy and a 11 month old girl, and my wife is pregnant. Dads and dads-to-be may or may not know that a woman nine weeks pregnant is often nauseous and has little-to-no energy. My wife described the feeling as being like "something is sucking the life out of me". Which, I guess, is the baby inside of her. My wife had two tough pregnancies which consisted on extreme nausea (requiring medication) and sciatica (leg and back problems/pains). When not pregnant, we often joke about how bad she was. But when pregnant, we don't even go there. Somehow, it's not as funny. Anyway, I have been so busy with teaching, coaching, real estate, etc.. that I have been seriously lacking in my responsibilities as a husband and dad. I miss my kids, wife and wish I was home to help more. I usually take care of most of the wash, the dishes, and some cleaning, but now I feel responsible to do more to assist my wife who is struggling, and I am just swamped and unable to most of the week. I think this makes my wife feel bad because she cannot physically do it. She tells me she feels "like a wimp" and wishes I understood how she felt. I do understand she doesn't feel well, but I know she feels like I think she's week. I DON'T, and tell her this often, but I know she doesn't believe me. I can tell you, when my wife is feeling good, she is non-stop cleaning, playing with the kids, and DOING EVERYTHING!!! So I know when she is not, she must be feeling terrible. It's just her way. I wish I could prove to her that this is truly how I feel, and I really don't think she is lazy or anything like that. It's tough. I know she also feels guilty that I am running around non-stop, working multiple-jobs, and doing all I can to provide for my family, while still trying to be a good dad and husband. But I really don't mind. I just wish I could do more/better. I wish she believed that it was okay with me. I don't mind doing what I do. I wish I could do more. Anyway, I will leave it there for today.
More about daddyhood and husbandhood to come.