about work and the family’s financial situation. These items werechosen as they have previously proved to be associated with new fathers’ emotional well-being (Bergstr¨om et al., 2011). The response alternatives, which ranged from 0 (‘no worry’) to 5 (‘very strong worry’), were dichotomised so that 3–5 referred to ‘worry’ and 0–2 to ‘no worry’. Fearful expectations of the upcoming birth were measured by the Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire(W-DEQ A)