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Abstract
The father has a new emerging role in pregnancy and childbirth. If he becomes an active, involved participant in pregnancy, labor, and birth, he will likely become more involved in fathering his child and will take on a more nurturing, child care role. Engrossment or father-infant interaction immediately postpartum has implications for the future father-child relationship. The paper discusses such implications and presents suggestions for enhancing the father's involvement in pregnancy and childbirth.Entities:
Year: 1981 PMID: 21289750 PMCID: PMC2306030
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can Fam Physician ISSN: 0008-350X Impact factor: 3.275