Your Pregnancy for the Father-To-Be: Everything Dads Need to Know about Pregnancy, Childbirth and Getting Ready for a New Baby

by Judith Schuler and Glade B. Curtis

Book Overview

A comprehensive glossary of terms, a resource section, medical information, and tips for supporting your partner during pregnancy and the birth of your new baby

Pregnancy can be a thrilling adventure for a couple. Although most attention is directed toward the mom-to-be, the nine months of pregnancy are an exciting, moving -- and, yes, occasionally stressful -- time for the expectant father as well. Written with the needs and concerns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073821275X
• ISBN13: 9780738212753
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Details... just right

First of all, I bought the Bargain priced edition of this book. For under $6, it's really hard to complain. But just to let you know, the book looks "used" to me. The cover is worn out and the pages just look old. So if you're a little picky with how your book looks (if you want them nice and clean), you might want to avoid the "bargain" books. Now to the book itself, so far so good. I have not finished reading the book but I like the details it gives me so far. It may not be as detailed as "Your Pregnancy week-by-week" but I think this has enough information I need to support my pregnant spouse. This is our first pregnancy so everything is new to us. We're both a little nervous so the insights from this book really helps. This book has more details than "What to Expect When Your Wife is Expanding" by Thomas Hill (Kindle edition). But I still liked that book, its definitely written on the lighter side and it will make you laugh.... I wish that this book was available on Kindle too (Hint, hint, publisher) so I could read it anytime, anywhere on my iPhone. Maybe they'll have it in the iPad/iBookstore later instead? Uh-oh, Kindle. ;)

Excellent Book for 1st Time Fathers

I am reading this book now as a first time father and its great, lots of information both pratical and helpful with you as a father to be as well as good advice on how to help the mother, what she needs, suggestoins on how to make her pregnancy easier and safer. I hehly recommend this book thanks Joe

Excellent Resource

As a first time father this book was very helpful. It did not go into nearly the details that some of the other books did. It was very specific about what a man can do to help his wife through the process. It also looks at some longer term items, like saving for school, planning for the first few weeks after the birth and even packing a travel bag for you to take to the hospital. It is nice light reading in an easy to read format and style. This book will definitely be a benefit to you and your partner. The 5 sections are: the three trimesters, labor & delivery, and at home with the baby. These authors also wrote a number of supporting or complimentary books: Bouncing Back From Your Pregnancy Your Pregnancy Journal Week by Week Your Pregnancy After 35 Your Pregnancy Questions and Answers Your Pregnancy Every Woman's Guide Your Baby's First Year Week by Week Your Pregnancy Week by Week

Better than "Week by Week"

I ordered this along with the "Week by Week" selection by the same authors when we first found out we were pregnant. After about a few days of myhusband and I reading our seperate books, I found that he had more information than I did!

Best "primer" pregnancy book for expecting dads out there!

As an expecting dad (our baby should be with us within the next few weeks) I have been trying to learn as much as I can and shared readings with my wife on all things about the baby, but the truth is that, as men, we need some literature that will relate a bit more to us, and give us "tips" on how to better cope with this whole thing that's going on around us, for which most likely we've never been prepared. This is where this book comes in handy! From the same authors of the reputed book "Your Pregnancy Week by Week" (now in its fourth edition), came this one, meant to help expectant fathers "understand what a woman goes through during pregnancy and how [they] can help her deal with the things that are happening to her."Opening up is a very useful table that breaks down topics (with page #s) into "The Good Part," "You May Want to Help Your Partner Deal With" and "Pay Attention to" by trimester, around labor and delivery, and finally at home with the baby (in a "What to expect when you're expecting" fashion, if you may). Also VERY useful are the abundance of DOs (Brownie Points) and DON'Ts (In The Doghouse) spread throughout the book, nicely going hand in hand with the topics covered in the pages where they pop up.There is also a sort of glossary of terms for expecting couples, and then the book goes into topics that deal with the emotional, physical and financial aspects of pregnancy in enough detail to serve as a very good primer for most matters and purposes. Definitely not meant as an in-depth book on pregnancy, childbirth or raising your newborn child, this book does fulfill a purpose by providing expecting dads with an easy-to-read book that they can relate to, in order to get them up to speed with the basics about pregnancy, and -most importantly- to ensure that they are able to cope with their wives' needs as best as possible during pregnancy and thereafter.