Suggestions with how to cope with hubby going overseas?!

klahuebner

My husband got an amazing opportunity to assist the warfighter overseas for a 6 month period and will luckily be back 3 weeks before our first child's due date! However, I'm nervous about all that he will miss of the pregnancy, like finding out the gender, seeing my belly grow, etc.  I work full time, therefore, there's just nights and weekends I will be home, but my family lives a few hours away and I have to stay home mostly for our pets. I know I will be catching up on lots of Netflix, but I want to be doing something much more stimulating for baby! Any suggestions on how to cope with this? Any activities I should get involved with that will help?

Kayla 

amh0411712

I highly suggest taking classes, baby care, birthing, breastfeeding. Sending him videos and updates when you can. Fleet and Family has a new moms group, Navy and Marine relief had a budgeting for baby class.

Find a hobby, take a prenatal yoga class. Take your dogs for a hike on the weekends. Keep it fun. Engage him in the room decor theme picking and any other choices you can. Have him record a video of him reading to baby, so that you can play it for baby to hear his voice. The USO has a great united through reading program.

Some FRGs do a baby shower for moms with dad's deployed too, that's something to look into.

keshakdavis

Connect with the FRG and centering birth at the navy hospital. My husband is on deployment and will be back a month before due but I'm lucky to have moved in with my parents. I'd be a wreck living alone. Good luck to you.