I'm sitting down with my wife to watch a DVD. She's pregnant with our second child, and I'm wary. Why? The DVD is called Being Dad, and it promises "real-life pregnancy and birthing advice that men can relate to, and will want to watch". Uh-oh.
Being Dad is the creation of first-time father, Troy Jones. A reality-style documentary, it follows the filmmaker as he makes sense of his partner's first pregnancy, interviewing several experts and talking to 40 real-life fathers in an effort to find out "what I can expect, now that Stacey is expecting". The film rides the full, nine-month rollercoaster, and ends with the birth of Troy and Stacey's baby.
Popping the disc from its jacket, the first thing I notice is that Being Dad is marketed at women. "(It) will make him the perfect pregnancy and birth partner," the cover proclaims.
By Pol O Conghaile ©Independent.ie
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