‘Men are not expected to be interested in babies’: how society lets new fathers – and their families – down

New fathers are often reluctant to identify that they are struggling. Illustration: Victoria Hart

Dean Rogut was holding it together.

He had become a father for the first time, but it had not gone to plan. At 12 weeks pregnant, his wife was put on bed rest. At 24 weeks, their son, Max, was born.