Dear Ann Landers,
ason and I have been married ten years. We have always wanted a family, but for some reason I couldn't get pregnant. After going to a fertility clinic for two years, I finally got the good news. Our baby is due next month. Everything was grand until last week. Jason told me when my time comes to go to the hospital, I should call a taxi and leave the house quietly. He said, "I don't want to know a thing." At first I thought he was kidding, but now I believe he is serious. Last night he said again, "Don't call me until you can say whether it's a boy or a girl." Frankly I am hurt. It seems to me a husband should want to be with his wife at such a time. Is something wrong with him? Should I insist that he come with me or should I go alone?-Mrs. Count Down

Dear Mrs.,
Of course there's something wrong with him. He's scared. Unless you can get your doctor to put him at ease so that he accompanies you willingly, let him stay home. Panicky husbands faint and get in the way and are more trouble than they are worth.