Resources and apps for dads

Tommy's Pregnancy Charity

Tommy's Tommy's exists to support, care for and champion people on their pregnancy journey.

There are a wide range of dad specific information and video links on the Tommy's website, detailed below:

National Childbirth Trust - What's it like for dad's during labour?

Dads go though their own huge physiological and psychological changes in the birth room, so don’t underestimate the emotional and physical impact of being a birth partner. It is a massive emotional rollercoaster where your feelings can change from excitement to fear, exhaustion to elation in a few seconds.

It’s been shown that having a supportive birth partner present at the birth can lead to a better birthing experience and can even make labour progress more quickly. So dads and other birth partners really matter.

The Lullaby Trust Dads Zone

The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies and offers emotional support for bereaved families

In recognition of the key role that dads play in the care of their baby, the Trust has developed a space on their website just for new and expectant dads.

DadPad - The Essential Guide for New Dads support Guide for New Dads

Developed with the NHS, the DadPad app gives new dads and dads-to-be the knowledge and skills needed to gain confidence and give their baby the best start in life. is a guide for new dads, developed with the NHS. Once the app is downloaded you will be asked to input your location and will be directed to the Humber and North Yorkshire version of the DadPad app.

TED talk from Mark Williams - The importance of new father's mental health

In this video, Mark discusses his lived experience of witnessing his wife go through a traumatic birth and post-natal depression and how this impacted upon his own mental health and parenting. He discusses the importance of supporting new fathers with their wellbeing.

Andy Man’s Clubs

This men’s suicide prevention charity offers free-to-attend peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online. Working to end the stigma surrounding men’s mental health and help men through the power of conversation. #ITSOKAYTOTALK

ICON - Babies Cry, You Can Cope

ICON - Babies Cry, You Can Cope programme supports parents and carers manage normal infant crying and to prevent abusive head trauma injuries to babies caused by shaking, also referred to as ‘shaken baby syndrome’.

ICON is an evidenced-based programme designed to help parents and carers understand the normal crying pattern of young infants and to help them develop successful coping mechanisms to deal with this.

The ICON programme delivers four simple messages before the birth and in the first few months of a baby’s life: