Supporting family relationships

Partners and siblings often become impatient as your activity level slows down.

Discuss the changes that will need to be made in your home as your pregnancy advances and after you bring your new baby home.
Make time for your partner and other children.

Just for Dad and those close to you

Your partner is experiencing pregnancy in a very real, physical way that you can only observe and empathize with. But that doesn't make your experience insignificant...

Expectant fathers class

Father baby class

Expectant grandparents class

Older brothers and sisters

Helping siblings adjust to a new baby is part of the process of creating your new family. Here's what you can do before and after the baby is born...

New brother new sister class

Sex during late pregnancy

Many women wonder about having sex during the latter part of their pregnancy. For most couples, sex is possible throughout pregnancy and presents no danger to either the mother or the fetus, if you observe a few precautions.

Third trimester: How you may feel sexually

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Allina Pregnancy Care

Source: Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

First published: 05/11/2001
Last updated: 10/14/2007

Reviewed by: Michael Slama, MD, Allina Medical Clinic-Coon Rapids Women's Health

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