Product Description

Since it was first published several years ago, The Expectant Father has become the indisputable leader in its field. It is an information-packed, month-by-month guide to all the emotional, financial, and yes, even physical changes the father-to-be may experience during the course of his partner's pregnancy. Incorporating the wisdom of top experts in the field, from obstetricians and birth-class instructors to psychologists and sociologists, The Expectant Father is filled with sound advice and practical tips for men, including how to afford a pregnancy; how to juggle work and family roles; how to make sense of your conflicting emotions; what childbirth classes don't teach you; ways to support and encourage your partner throughout the pregnancy; how to start a college fund; how pregnancy affects your sex life; how to deal with the obstacles society places in the way of involved fathers. In the revised and expanded second edition, authors Armin Brott and Jennifer Ash incorporate the latest statistics; update the Resources section to include the many relevant websites that have appeared since the first edition was published; introduce information for adoptive fathers-to-be; address the special concerns of fathers who are expecting twins, triplets, or more babies; and much more. The new edition, like the first, is illustrated with delightful cartoons that will keep even the most anxious fathers-to-be chuckling.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82237 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 271 pages

About the Author
Armin Brott, author of The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year, The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the Toddler Years, and The Single Father: A Dad's Guide to Parenting Without a Partner, and a contributing writer to BabyTalk magazine, has written on fatherhood for the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, the Washington Post, American Baby magazine, and many other periodicals. His weekly radio show on parenting is carried by one of the largest radio stations in the San Francisco Bay area. He and his family live in Berkeley, California. Jennifer Ash is the author of Tropical Style: Private Palm Beach and writes for Town and Country. She, her husband, and their son and daughter make their home in New York City.

Customer Reviews

Great book for helping expectant fathers deal with changes.
This book is easy to read, and really helped my husband through my pregnancy. He did not really "get" the typical pregnancy books, but this one really spoke to him. We both reccommend it.

Excellent for getting the guy point-of-view
This book is a must-read for all new fathers. It has humorus cartoons. The stories are also funny, and realistic. When I read the experinces and emotions that Armin A. Bott went through they made me laugh, but yet I realized I was going through the same experiences and asking the same quesitons like "how will I hold up in the delivery room" and "is this really real, or am I feeling an alien in my wife's tummy?" I especially liked chapter 5 on "The Lights are on and somebody's home" that details the baby moving and talking to your baby in the womb. It sounds starange, but their is reason behind it, as Bott points out from clinical studies that have been done. The chapter on labor and delivery is also good information with humor dispersed, making it fun to read.

Written by a man, but made for a woman
While this book is written by a male author, don't look here for any pearls of wisdom that were passed over by the author of the pregnancy book sitting on your wife's bedside table. This book is full of sensible, measured advice. I'm sure that any pregnant woman would be delighted to be attended to by a husband as doting, sensitive and as in tune as the ideal man described in this book. That man, however, would more resemble a woman than the real world creatures we all know and love. If you are already a man for the new millenium, this book may resonate with you. If you still have some Neanderthal man left in your gene pool, this book will annoy you endlessly.