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Mila Kunis appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night, and she is pregnant with her first child and ready to share advice with expectant fathers.

True to many schticks on Mr. Kimmel鈥檚 show, he threw out a line ripe for Ms. Kunis to respond to, sharing听with her that he and his wife are expecting a child. 听

Ms. Kunis then launched into her own monologue, shushing the late-night host as she took center stage and announcing to soon-to-be-dads, 鈥淪top saying, 鈥榃e鈥檙e pregnant.鈥欌��

She continued, with thoughtful acoustic background music from the band, to go into some of the more female-centric parts of parenting and their unpleasantness, plus some more of the stereotypical assumptions of dads.

By the end of her rant, she was flanked by other pregnant moms, ice cream in-hand, who all announce 鈥淲e are pregnant,鈥� before her side-mom hands her a pint of ice cream.

The bit is funny, and points out those dads who are eager to share the pre-baby experience of parenting. And I agree, "We're pregnant" is funny, and sometimes awkward, especially in some of the more trying times of pregnancy.

But, there aren鈥檛 many options out there. Let鈥檚 look at a few of the alternatives that a soon-to-be dad could say:

鈥淪he鈥檚 pregnant.鈥�听

The strength in this phrase is all in the delivery. This could sound like a prison sentence and/or a blunt statement of fact that crosses easily into terms you might use for cattle. Yes, pregnancy is part of the circle of life, but if my husband bluntly said, 鈥淪he鈥檚 pregnant,鈥� I might not be any more impressed that he singled me out.

鈥淪he鈥檚 expecting.鈥�

Expecting what? While this is potentially one of my more preferred statements from an expectant father, it leaves too much out in the open to question. Unless someone is ready to explain the when, why, where, and how of the matter, best to leave this tabled. Because there are always those who ask about the when, where, why, and how of the matter.

鈥淪he鈥檚 with-child.鈥�听

No. Just no. This is dated and dangerously close to having any well-intentioned father-to-be have something thrown at him.听

鈥淪he鈥檚 having my baby.鈥澨�听

This statement can be used only if the expectant father is willing to belt out Paul Anka鈥檚 ballad 鈥淵ou鈥檙e Having My Baby鈥� every single time it is said. No exceptions.

So dads-to-be, what do you say when everything seems to be wrong? How about turning to the soon-to-be mom and saying, 鈥淚 love you, you鈥檙e beautiful, and you鈥檙e going to make a wonderful mom.鈥�