Cheers to Childbirth: A Dad's Guide to Childbirth Support

The best childbirth book as recommended by midwives, obstetricians, childbirth educators, men and their partners. Cheers to Childbirth is a birth guide, originally written for men but which quickly became a favourite with pregnant women who love the straight-talking style of author Lucy Perry. This childbirth book offers a mix of hilarious and tear-jerker birth stories together with practical information on childbirth and how to support a woman for the best labour and birth experience possible. This book is relevant to those birthing at home or in a hospital setting. Childbirth can be a daunting prospect for dads who are usually overlooked when it comes to birth preparation. Yet when it comes to the big day, they are expected to know exactly how to support their partner through what can be the most physically challenging and emotionally charged event in their lives. Most men are shocked to learn that this is not a spectator sport and that they can have a profound impact on their partner s birth experience. Cheers to Childbirth tells it how it is, giving expectant fathers specific tips on how to help their partner have a faster, easier birth. From what to say and what not to say during childbirth to tips on how to be an advocate for a woman in labour, this book gives dads-to-be the information they need to be involved in the births of their babies in a positive and empowering way, together with insightful interviews with men who have been there before and learned the hard way!

Lucy Perry is an experienced doula or birth partner and childbirth educator. She is the founder of Beer + Bubs childbirth education for men which is run in pubs all over Australia: from Melbourne to the minefields. Cheers to Childbirth is her first book.