An unexpected surprise!

[Bugbear]

Pleater and GoodGirlGonePlaid, you're scaring me, and I shouldn't even have to worry about any of that...
* Renews plans to stay single for rest of life. *

Best of wishes to OP.

[tpa]

Don't worry, when it arrives you won't have time to think about becoming a Dad, you'll be one. I can vividly remember the same concerns before becoming a dad for the first time but you just get on with it. I'm a grandad now with a live in grandson, so getting a fourth dose.

[James Hood]

Rather late t' be getting started as a parent...we were your age as well. Wee ones do give parents a huge amount of "opportunity to do parental things."

Prayers for a fine, healthy bairn.

[KiltedGunn]

"Obtain a copy of Fatherhood by Bill Cosby. Read it. Read it annually."

***, my wife bought that book for me for Father's Day while pregnant with our first!

Mine are 19 and 21 and it's about time to reread it AGAIN before I kill them! I'm TOLD they move out eventually!!!

But hey, the first 10 years or so, while challenging, were alot of fun!

Prayers and good wishes for a healthy and happy child!

[Mike_Oettle]

Congratulations, dad-to-be!
Fatherhood is a long adventure, and you are just starting out.
Walk warily around your wife’s moods. A soft answer turneth away wrath (most of the time, anyway!).
Pyjama parade will tax you, but you will look back on it and wonder why it lasted such a short while.
Teenagers are much more trouble than toddlers.
And you may have a battle to get your offspring out of the house when education has run its course.
My son took six years to earn a four-year qualification (two degrees), but he got there at last, and almost immediately left home.
My daughter worked hard and earned her two degrees (the second one a step higher than her brother’s second) in the time alotted.
Both are now married, but there is no sign of the patter of little feet yet. We will have to be patient.
Regards,
Mike