Product Description

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 realised, 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #545 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 254 pages

From the Back Cover
'DARLING, I'M PREGNANT!' Three little words guaranteed to strike fear into the most grown up of first-time fathers-to-be. Sure, there are hundreds of books out there for the expectant mother. But they're often full of boring advice on diet and pelvic floor exercises, not to mention the kind of gynaecological details that'll make your eyes water. Sorry, but we just want the lowdown on what's happening and how it's going to affect us. A + B = C. Straightforward, unabridged and raw. The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy – no flowery prose, just the truth, in bite-size pieces as easy to digest as a packet of biscuits. Based on over 100 interviews with blokes who lived to tell the tale, this book has real-life stories as well as loads of advice that isn't remotely boring (honestly). Now you'll be able to tell your trimesters from your triple blood tests, as well as discovering: MONEY – do we really have to spend my entire lager allowance on that hand-held breast pump? SEX – will it harm the unborn baby? (or am I just being arrogant?) BREASTS – will they stay that size forever? HOSPITAL PARKING SPACES – am I going to have to fork out L50 every time she thinks she's going into labour? ... and a whole lot more besides. 'Excellent advice and information on everything from options on the type of birth and medical interventions, to being the partner's voice during the birth' Relate Magazine Jon Smith is the author of Toytopia, a children's novel, and the proud father of Alia and Ronin. He lives in Bedford, England. Category: Parenting Cover Design: Steve Williams Cover Images: Mark Guthrie For further information on other titles published by Hay House, visit our website. L8.99 www.hayhouse.co.uk

About the Author
Jon Smith lives with his partner Lisa and their daughter Alia, in Bedford, England. He has previously taught English as a foreign language in South Korea. After teaching, Jon joined the Internet industry for five years; working for Amazon.co.uk as a project manager. Jon also writes Children's fiction, mainly for 8-12 year-olds.

Customer Reviews

An estimable foray into the world of masculine perplexity
As the only male nurse in our obstetrics dept' I contantly find myself being asked for advice & information from expectant fathers to be.
Even when it is one of my more than competent female colleagues that is more directly responsible for caring for the mother.
It seems that many F's2b, most of whom have already read significantly through the plethora of information out there, still hanker for a more familiar 'masculinely voiced' interpretation of what is happening to their partner (and themselves!)
At last someone has written one & one that manages to be anecdotally humourous and medically accurate at the same time.
I would and do recommend this book to any new F's2b aswell as to recent fathers, like me, who would enjoy an entertaining read.
My only gripe with the book is that I didn't write it first!

Expectant Fathers! We are no longer alone
The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy was like a relevation to me. At last there is someone out there brave enough to tackle the emotional rollercoaster that is parenthood from the male perspective. Both informative and witty, Smith's prose reveal an understanding of what it is to be an expectant father with empathy and alacrity. Quite simply chaps this book will provide answers to all those questions you have but are afraid to ask.

A well rounded and timely first work

A MUST BUY for fathers to be!!!!!
My husband has told me to write this review after reading & rereading this book. This is a man who HATES to read! However, this book can be picked up & put down in little 'chunks' and is a handy 'toilet read' (so I have been told!!). He has already lent it out to pregnant girls at work for their husbands & they too found it very useful. It is witty, written in 'bloke speak' and not patronising. The only disappointment for my other half was that my sex drive didn't shoot through the roof in the 2nd trimester as suggested in the book.....he is still waiting (I'm now 36 weeks & look like a beached whale!!).
Worth every penny-both of you will have a laugh (and learn a few things along the way!)