TABLE 2.

Categories, Subcategories, and Conceptions of Fathers' Perceptions of Prenatal Parental Education

Category	Subcategory	Conceptions
Parental education emphasized the	Normal birth	Women in focus
importance of normal birth		Empower parents-to-be
	The role of the father	Supportive of the mother
		To stay close to mother and child
	The infant	Prefeeding behavior
		Ready to interact
Parental education defused the issue of complicated birth	Cesarean section and complicated birth	A secondary subject area
		Consequences for mother, partner, and child
		Skin-to-skin contact
Parental education preserved traditional gender roles in parenthood	Being a parent	Emphasis on the mother as parent Outside the mother-infant dyad Involve the other parent