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(NewsUSA) - Having a baby - be it for the first time or the fourth - can be simultaneously awe-inspiring and overwhelming. While the responsibility of carrying a child to term lands squarely on the shoulders of the soon-to-be-mom, experts say that fathers go through an adjustment period of their own, with distinct yet valid issues and concerns.

Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington, first proposed the idea of a “father’s day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran who was widowed when his wife died in childbirth with their sixth child.

During this interview, Senator Barack Obama speaks of fatherhood and how the nature of his relationship with his father shapes his relationship with his own children.