Supporting Your Partner Through Childbirth And Breastfeeding, with Brian "The Birth Guy" Salmon

The birth of your child is an amazing experience, but it can also be scary. It’s common for dads to feel a bit useless. That’s where Brian Salmon “The Birth Guy” can help. He teaches dads how to be better birth partners via his Rocking Dads Course and he has written a book called The Birth Guy’s Go-To Guide For New Dads.

Brian says the secret is to start well before you get to the birth room. Get to know your partner, show her compassion and get actively involved in the pregnancy. By being more engaged from the beginning, you will show your partner that you’ve got her back. And research shows that the more involved a dad is in the pregnancy, the more engaged they will be as a parent.

In this interview, Brian provides his top three tips for first-time dads, explains why mums can get a little crazy during the pregnancy (hint: it’s an evolutionary thing) and how men can show their partner compassion and get surprising benefits with what he calls his ‘Pregnancy Panty Droppers (PPDs)’.

He also gives advice on how to support your partner during labour, breastfeeding and beyond so you can build strong emotional ties with your partner and the baby.

What you’ll learn

• How to be a good birth partner - the secret is to start before you get to the birth room
• Why women get so crazy when they are pregnant - apparently it’s a survival skill :-) 
• How to make that transformation from dude to dad
• Tactics Brian uses with his clients to help them prepare for childbirth
• How Brian supports both dads and mums through childbirth in his role as a doula
• Brian’s top tips for first-time dads. 
• Why C-sections should never be viewed as a failure
• The importance of Oxytocin in the birth process
• Why there is so much pressure on mums to deliver a baby in a certain way
• Tips for dads to help mum while she is breastfeeding
• And Brian’s famous “Pregnancy Panty Droppers” (PPDs) :-) 

More information
Show notes and further resources are available at https://thedadtrain.com/8