Source: Researchgate.

• Plan for fun activities.

Another fantastic way to treat your pregnant wife properly is to keep her engaged in activities that will positively influence her mood. Some expecting moms have lots of free time on their hands and could get easily bored or downcast if left alone. Spice up each week for them by planning an activity they would enjoy. Check out 16 fun and creative things to do while pregnant.

• Spa treatments
• Items shopping
• Skill acquisition
• Visitation to libraries, museums, and other cultural centers.
• Outdoor dinners.
• Social/ family hangouts.
• Visit the beach and concerts.
• Food tasting outings

• Learn to show empathy.

Your empathy as a husband will radically improve your marriage throughout the expectancy phase. As you see your wife undergo a couple of changes, empathize with the stress she might be experiencing. Your empathy will help her adjust quickly to her weird craving, strange routines, body chubbiness, wavering emotions, sensitivity, constant fatigue, and swollen legs.

• Be available. 

Your pregnant wife will need a lot of assistance from you. Here are a few requests to expect from her;

• Grab or buy snacks to appease her cravings.  
• A lift to and fro to places
• Participation during antenatal
• Grocery shopping
• Lift heavy items
• Help her to shave hard-to-reach places
• Buckle shoes
• Evaluate her physical appearance

The more available you are, the more reliable you become. You might be a working husband who is hardly ever around, wondering what to do. Make presence count when you are around. Whenever you are unable to help her out, make alternative plans.

• Send care packages when you cannot make it home on time, but the cravings are getting the best of her. 
• Send a cab to pick her up when she feels too tired to drive herself around. 

• Invest in her nutrition and comfort/ relaxation.

Treat your pregnant wife well by investing in her meals, meds, and comfort. Pregnant moms need nutritious meals, fruits, recommended vitamins, pillows, comfortable outfits and shoes, massage gadgets, and snacks. Investing in these things improves the quality of her experience as a pregnant mom.

How to behave near your pregnant wife.

Often, men complain that they get the impression that their pregnant wife is annoyed with or irritated by them. They also get the sense that their wife feels down and needs cheering, but they don’t know what to do. If your pregnant wife’s fleeting emotions are getting you worked up, here are a couple of helpful tips when you relate with her; 

• Ask her probing questions when you sense irritation.

Everyone hates the feeling of walking on shells around people close to them. Many husbands tend to feel this way about their pregnant wife’s moodiness. When they get fed up with their wife’s shenanigans, they leave the room or ignore her. Sadly, they never feel fulfilled responding this way. 

Whenever you sense that your pregnant wife is irritated by you or something else, ignoring her is not the best way to handle the situation. It is best to ask probing questions. For example;

Husband: “Honey, is everything alright? You don’t look your happy self.” 

Wife: *silent* or *Ignores* or *tries to brush it off like she isn’t in the mood to talk.*

Huband: “Has someone done something you don’t like?”

Wife: “Acts irritated but unwilling to talk about it.”

Husband: I can only help you feel better if I know what’s bothering you. 

Wife: *might still be unwilling to talk*

Husband: Whenever you wish to voice it out, let me know

After you’ve asked probing questions and she isn’t yielding, let her be until she is ready to talk. Don’t overdo it. As much as her hormones are taking a toll on her, she has to learn to handle them maturely without ruining everybody’s day.

It’s best to set rules of engagement before your wife’s pregnancy progresses. Encourage your pregnant wife to always communicate how she feels respectfully. Establish healthy communication between you and your partner.

• Compliment your wife when she makes sarcastic comments about her body or looks. 

We’ve noticed that so many men do not want to get trapped in their wife’s curves and tussles to misinterpret a good compliment. However, ignoring your pregnant wife’s sarcastic compliments about her body is never a good idea. By ignoring her, she’ll take it as you indirectly acknowledge her remarks to be true. Your silence could dampen her mood even if she says nothing to you. 

When your pregnant wife makes demeaning remarks about her body and looks, it’s your cue to compliment and reassure her of your feelings. She is feeling unattractive and worried that she’ll never get back her body or that you’ll no longer find her attractive. 

• Your wife is the new kid hot on the block; keep goodies around the house.

You can cure some of her moodiness with some goodies. Yup. Sometimes, look at your pregnant wife as the new kid you share your goodies with because you want her to be your friend. It works like magic. We don’t recommend trying it when you screw up big time. She’ll see it as you belittling or bribing her with gifts instead of addressing the real issue.

Have a couple of goodies around the house. She doesn’t need to know where to find them. Your wife will be happy to get them. Those preg cravings are demonic.  

• Be conscious of the impressions you give. 

Your pregnant wife feeds off of the impression you give. When you give an impression that she is lazy, she might stress herself more than expected. If you give her the impression that she is fat and unattractive, she might start to eat less which could adversely affect your baby.  

Frequently Asked Questions.

• Tips for making your pregnant wife happy

• Remember all the things she is sensitive about. Things that make her puck or get annoyed easily.
• Participate in antenatal activities and ask relevant questions to help you better serve your pregnant wife.
• Be willing to have pregnancy conversations. 
• Invest in her nutrition and comfort.
• Show affection to her privately and publicly
• Take up more chores in the house
• Be available to help out when she needs you, or be resourceful enough to provide her helpful alternatives.
• Plan activities to keep her active and cheerful.
• Spoil her with care packages
• Compliment her as often as possible

Closing remark

Making your pregnant wife happy and satisfied is tasking, but it is worth it. It can immensely benefit your wife..