The birth of John Hyman's first child didn't fill him with the joy he might have hoped for. Far from treasuring every minute with his son, the Rockville, Md., college writing instructor reacted by teaching more courses just to get himself out of the house. "I didn't know what my role was there," recalls Hyman, 52. His wife, by contrast, bonded instantly with their son, Jake, now a teenager. "Betsy fell in love. It was primal," he says. "I didn't have that experience. I thought I was broken."

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With over 6 billion people on the planet you can’t help but to think that having babies is a very easy process. But for many people that isn’t so and they need to work a little harder to get pregnant or become a paren

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 Change-of-duty stations come at the most inconvenient times, and none seems to be more stressful than during a pregnancy. Doctors say with care and preparation, this hurdle can be jumped with pregnant belly in tow.

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Kelli and Robert Hartley thought they had a pretty good birth plan in place. So much for best laid plans.

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