The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-To-Be - Hardcover

Brott, Armin A.; Ash, Jennifer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789205378 ISBN 13: 9780789205377

Publisher: Abbeville Press, 2001

Synopsis

This indespensible book explores the emotional, financial, and even physical changes the father-to-be may experience during his partner's pregnancy. Written in an easy-to-absorb format and filled with sound advice and practical tips for men on such topics as how to make sense of your conflicting emotions, how pregnancy affects your sex life, and how to start a college fund, this volume reassures, commiserates, and informs. It also incorporates the wisdom of top experts in the field, from obstetricians and birth-class instructors to psychologists and sociologists.
This new edition features the latest research on many topics, from the reasons for premature birth to nutritional supplements. The finances section has been updated; advice for expectant adoptive fathers has been added throughout; information for fathers expecting twins and other multiples is included; and the resources section and bibliography have been considerably expanded.
Illustrated throughout with New Yorker-style cartoons that will make even the most anxious father chuckle, this book is the essential reference for all expectant couples.

About this title

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.

From AudioFile

With its 24-page booklet to hold onto with white knuckles, all fathers-to-be should hear this intelligent collection of insights, medical information, and guidance about pregnancy. It's a month-by-month account of the physical and emotional changes a woman goes through, and an entertaining preview of the sea changes in family life, including finances and new divisions of labor, that men will have to embrace while waiting for their baby. Armin Brott is a natural at the microphone. With his flinty tone and assertive diction, he radiates confidence without any hint of cockiness or adversarial sarcasm. He's your slightly more experienced and wry-humored neighbor who just happens to know a lot about pregnancy and enjoys being helpful while you're waiting for the blessed event to occur. T.W. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0789205378
• ISBN 13: 9780789205377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 271