Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #222 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03
• Binding: Paperback
• 254 pages

Synopsis
This book takes a 'warts and all' sensible yet humorous look at the many stages of pregnancy. It explores the changes, physical and emotional, that any man can expect to see in his partner and in their relationship over the coming months. Becoming pregnant involved two people. The rearing of a child will involve two people; there is every reason that your partner's pregnancy should also involve the two of you, together. For any man that has been put off reading pregnancy books because he doesn't feel he was the intended audience or that something about the tone of these books was alien to him, yet he still has questions that need answers; then The Blokes' Guide to: Pregnancy is the book he's been looking for. As a father himself, Jon Smith realized, when his partner Lisa became pregnant that there was nothing out there that he could relate to. The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy is the result. Jon takes a comical yet informed look at the ups and downs of life as a father to be. Guaranteed to educate you while making you laugh out loud!

Customer Reviews

The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy
I ordered this book and then read the negative reviews that it had been given..... I disagree with these - the book is tops! Despite being labelled as "simplistic" and "sexist" - it isn't! I have good medical knowledge, but this book contains the right amount of detail for most, but importantly, explains to men why things are the way they are - you don't get this from the medical books!

If you want something to summarise the progress that your partner is going through in terms of behavioural changes then this hits the nail on the head - it is easy reading, light-hearted, informative and amusing. Sure, it doesn not give you all the preparation you need, but it never claims to!

Enjoy.

Avoid unless he is an utter pig!
I gave my husband this book as a present, and as he read through it he became more and more annoyed at the assumptions made about mens interests and concerns during their partners pregnancy. This book portrays men in a very poor light. Unless your partner is an immature, lager swilling, insensitive idiot then there are a huge selection of books that will give him a better insight into pregnancy than this sexist (against men!!) rubbish.

useful
Along with 'From Here To Paternity - The Diary of a Pregnant Man', this book helped me deal with the blizzard of practical and emotional challenges when we were having our baby. The other book in my Top 3 is Anne Deans 'The Pregnancy Bible' which was more detailed about the nitty gritty than The Bloke's Guide. It's worth learning about this stuff, coz when the crucial time comes, you might be required to speak on behalf of your missus when she's otherwise occupied. I read a few other pregnancy books for new dads and new mums - some were too superficial, some were too busy making jokes to be useful. These three always answered our needs.