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New trend alert - dad-to-be baby showers

Expectant fathers enjoy last fling before baby with Dadchelor parties

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Posted: 24 June 2011
by Susie Boone
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There's life after a baby, Jim, but not as we know it

Following hot on the heels of baby showers, the latest baby craze sweeping America is Dadchelor parties.

These celebrations for dads-to-be involve a lot of drinking, gambling and perhaps a little lap dancing. In fact, Dadchelor parties are more like a stag do, part two.

They're certainly a long way from the relatively serene baby-focused activities of baby showers, where the most outrageous act is likely to the disclosure of the sex of the baby.

Expectant dads in America have been enjoying weekends in Las Vegas and even as far afield as Prague, in an attempt to live the wild life once more, before fatherhood sets in.

Hmm, we wonder what the mums-to-be make of Dadchelor parties. Would you be happy for your partner to go on a pre-baby bender?

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