Julie emailed one of our clients with some questions yesterday, and got this response:
Hey Julie,
My wife (and soon to be born child) is just getting started with her “birth process” so I will not be able to look at this stuff for a few days 🙂
Heh. I gather that birth process can take a while, so the father might as well be answering email in the meantime, eh?
DarrenBarefoot.com 
that has the be the cleanest and non graphic description of birth I have ever seen…
I love it
There are some things that happen before labour that may have indicated to them that the birth process has started…but that otherwise aren’t affecting things yet.
The birthing process could take a couple of days, or a matter of hours. With Child Unit #1 I was at the grocery store with a full cart when things started. I proceeded to check-out and got everything home before heading to the hospital.
If this is his first, he’ll be a bit more excited with the “don’t want to miss a minute” feeling.