Welcome!
Hi, I’m David Arrell and I’m here to help you through one of the most transformative times of your whole life – becoming a Dad. I built out Welcome to Fatherhood (or simply WTF) specifically to help guys like you. Guys who want be the best Dad and coparent they can be, and to make the time spent getting there over these next months and beyond a little easier for them, for Mama, and for Baby too.
Today’s journey from the Dude Zone to the Dad Zone is inherently difficult and tricky, especially in our current culture that is so short on helpful Dad-focused resources and positive role models. Welcome to Fatherhood steps right into that void and offers you an assortment of tips, tricks, tools, and techniques that will help you better prepare for each stage of the journey, better connect to your pregnant partner and her journey, and better perform in your new role of Father and all the responsibilities that come with it.
The Book
Many of the guys I work with come to me with similar questions and goals:
What I am supposed to actually do when my pregnant partner asks for help and support? And how/where/when does that change as the pregnancy progresses?
How I am supposed to know anything about pregnancy, childbirth, and new babies? I’m not a Doctor, how can I help during delivery?
I want to feel more confident, more connected, more empowered, and yes, more educated as well about what’s going on and how I can get more involved. Can you just give me the basics?
Becoming a Dad is a big deal, and I want to be a great Dad to my kid and a great co-parenting partner with Mama, but where and when do I start? What do I need to do?
Welcome To Fatherhood the book covers it all, and in less than 200 pages. No fluff, no filler, no biology lessons (OK, maybe one or two of those, but only briefly!), and no more guesswork. Now available in Kindle, Paperback, and Audiobook formats. Don’t wait any longer, order your copy today!
Podcast
Welcome to your source for practical and experience-based discussions on babies, births, pregnancy, and early parenthood. Listen in each week as Katie DaMota, a postpartum doula and IBCLC-certified lactation consultant, and David Arrell, Men’s Coach and author of Welcome To Fatherhood, get together and bring real-world experience and authentic voices to all things Baby. Get straight talk, down home perspectives, interesting experts, and honest opinions on real questions, concerns, challenges, and successes that come up frequently along the pregnancy to parenthood journey.
Video Series
Welcome To Fatherhood is finally creating the long awaited self-paced and on-demand video course version of the hugely popular book. This video course guides guys through the Dude Zone to Dad Zone adventure that awaits every newly expectant Father-to-be as they accompany their pregnant partner through pregnancy, childbirth, and the first few months of adjustment after Baby is born. Each section is full of short, bite sized videos covering a single topic, Dad Tip, or Big Idea. This course is perfect for more you visual learners out there, and brings new examples, anecdotes, and Dad Zone mapping exercises to better connect and orient each guy to the particulars of their unique circumstances.
Birth Classes
For guys that prefer a more traditional couples style Birth Class format that also features a bunch of Welcome To Fatherhood contributions, check out the classes on offer here at The Nest. Offered in two formats, these classes are great for couples who want a more traditional Mama-focused birth class but also add in some extra WTF material that speaks both to and for us guys. The full course is a 5-class series and covers all things birth and baby, the short course option is only 2 classes and skips the birth stuff to focus on new baby basics and early parenthood only. Click below to learn more and see when the next series of classes starts!
Coaching
In response to popular demand, the WTF offerings have grown to now include 3 distinct coaching arcs, each customized to your unique circumstances and journey. The Dude Zone to Dad Zone arc echoes and builds on the Welcome To Fatherhood book material and guides you from pregnancy through childbirth and into Fatherhood. The Dad Zone Thriving arc is for new Fathers and supports them through the early goings as they rebuild their lives at a higher level to rebalance the work life, family life, and personal life dynamics. The Healthy Power & Presence arc is for Men and Women alike and helps folks navigate their unique path of stepping into a more authentic relationship with themselves, their partners, and the larger world around them. Click here below to learn more about WTF coaching options and take your journey to the next level.
Dad Zone Thriving Blog
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