I'm not complaining, but for some reason, Mother's Day always seems to generate more buzz than Father's Day. Likewise, when it comes to the event that makes those days relevant — the birth of a child — it seems that the key contents of the hospital go-bag are all about mom. Until now.

Expectant fathers no longer need to feel left out, hovering around their contracting partners in slouchy khakis and a faded tee instead of more labor-appropriate togs. Now they can don DaddyScrubs, a set of custom-embroidered scrubs being touted as the new birth-day uniform for dads-to-be.

"When you're in street clothes, you feel kind of out of place," says entrepreneur Robert Nickell, who came up with the idea in 2009 while awaiting the birth of his fifth child. "You put on scrubs and feel part of a team. You feel like Superdad, like, O.K., babe, I'm here to help you."

Nickell, from Hermosa Beach, Calif., wore jeans to the birth of his four kids from a previous marriage. In 2009, as his new wife was getting ready to have a baby, Nickell couldn't quash his jealousy knowing she had special-ordered a snazzy hospital gown to avoid being consigned to an ugly inpatient model.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/17/a-gift-for-expectant-fathers-daddyscrubs-because-birth-shouldnt-be-all-about-mom/#ixzz1PY5D8wsX