That's totally normal to not be connected with the baby before he is born. I personally wasn't connected before he was born and I love him to bit now. Seeing him being a great dad for his older boys would actually reinsure me that he will most certainly will be too for your baby. 🤗
He sounds like a great dad, he's just sad that he is so far away from his sons, totally get that!
He sounds like a good dad so if I was you I wouldn't worry about that side of things, a good parent automatically loves all their children equally and it comes naturally and he seems to be showing you this through his parenting already. He could be sad for a mixture of reasons, being so far away from his boys and hardly seeing them, sad when the visits over, sad his away from yourself or you can't travel with him maybe? Sad because his worried what didn't work out before when having a family may happen again. I'd personally just be there for him and they and think positive. When you have had baby and ready maybe offer to go on one of these trips to visit too? What makes you worry and think that he won't love your child? Why are your worried he pays child support for them? How old are they ?
Well, to be honest once you have the baby your whole dynamic as a couple will change so if there’s no rush for the marriage, hold off and see what he treats you like once the baby is here
My partner has no kids and it was hard for him to connect with baby until she was born because he’s not able to feel the baby much it’s a much more abstract concept for them until the reality of the baby hits them. It’s possible he’s going through something similar.