Pregnancy for Dads-to-Be
The Essential Pocket Handbook to the First Nine Months of Fatherhood and Beyond
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Your partner is pregnant, and by now you’re undoubtedly experiencing the element of fear that every dad-to-be feels upon learning a new baby is on the way. Well, sir, it’s time to embrace this fear and tackle parenthood and the pregnancy process head-on!
Packed with information, tips, and advice, from the development of your baby month by month to how to help your partner throughout the birth—Pregnancy for Dads-to-Be is a jargon-free, easy read that will help you understand what to expect during pregnancy and how to plan for the weeks ahead. The breakdown of advice will include:
Preparing your partner for pregnancy
The first trimester: 0–12 weeks
The second trimester: 13–27 weeks
The third trimester: 28–40 weeks
Birth and beyond
Life with a newborn
It’s never too early to start preparing your home to accommodate a baby. Whether you or someone you know will soon be fathering a bundle of joy, Pregnancy for Dads-to-Be will serve as an invaluable resource and will properly prepare you for the joy of fatherhood.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this British import, Carpenter, a freelance writer for parenting magazines and a blogger for Working Mums, a U.K. website for working mothers, offers expectant fathers advice that goes from before conception advising men on lifestyle changes to develop healthy sperm to the postbaby relationship. While the writing style is accessible and the information is sensibly broken up with personal anecdotes from fathers, Carpenter's tone is off-putting. Carpenter writes as if fathers-to-be are directors required to manage every detail of pregnancy, from what foods a pregnant partner consumes to purchasing breast shells for a breastfeeding mother. Often without qualifying statements such as "discuss with your partner," men are advised to contact medical professionals on matters such as pregnancy-induced back pain or what skin creams the mother should apply while breastfeeding. Occasionally, the tone switches to treating readers as bumbling new fathers out of clich d sitcom scenarios, urging them to learn the route to the hospital or encouraging them to jump right into the diaper-changing process. The British vocabulary nappies and muslin squares should have been adapted for American readers, as should descriptions of medical services and practitioners. Readers of either gender looking for a pregnancy guide should look elsewhere for advice.
