By Brett and Kate McKay

You’ve taken care of your wife during the last nine months. And you’ve made preparations for the baby’s arrival.

And now the moment has arrived at long last: it’s time to bring your progeny into the world.  Are you ready?

For most of human history, the delivery of a baby was an activity strictly relegated to the women’s sphere. Dad was left to pace around outside, waiting for news that his progeny had entered the world and he had officially become a father. His main duty was to hand out cigars to his friends once the nurse bounded through the lobby doors to exclaim, “It’s a boy/girl!”

These days, most couples choose to have the father of the baby right by the mother’s side throughout the whole birthing process. Some men (and some women... More...