The Expectant Father. Armin A. Brott
Praise for
The Expectant Father
The best guidebook to date for both the prospective father and his partner in their journey through the nine months of pregnancy.… A must for fathers-to-be.”
—John Munder Ross, PhD, author of What Men Want and editor of Father and Child
“This is the What to Expect When You’re Expecting for men.… If you know an expectant father, first baby or not, make sure he has this book.”
—Full-Time Dads
“One would be hard put to find a question about having a baby that’s not dealt with here, all from the father’s perspective.”
—Library Journal
The Expectant Father: More than 1,000,000 copies sold
About The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be, Fourth Edition
An information-packed, month-to-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—now significantly updated and expanded. Incorporating the wisdom of top experts in the field, from obstetricians and birth-class instructors to psychologists and sociologists, the fourth edition of The Expectant Father includes the latest research about assisted reproduction technologies (ART) and many other topics, including how to support and encourage your partner throughout pregnancy, how to juggle work and family roles, and how to become the father you really want to be.
Illustrated throughout with New Yorker cartoons that will make even the most anxious fathers-to-be chuckle, this book reassures, commiserates, informs, and entertains.
About the Authors
A nationally recognized parenting expert, Armin A. Brott is the author of more than twenty books, including The New Father: A Dad’s Guide to the First Year and Fathering Your Toddler: A Dad’s Guide to the Second and Third Years. He has written on parenting and fatherhood for The New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and dozens of other periodicals. Armin lives with his family in Oakland, California. To learn more, please visit his website, www.mrdad.com.
Jennifer Ash is the author of Tropical Style: Private Palm Beach. She also writes regularly for Veranda magazine and Town & Country magazine. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The Washington Post and the Palm Beach Daily News. She and her husband live in New York City with their two children.
The Expectant Father is also available in hardcover and paperback.
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Other e-books in the New Father series by Armin A. Brott
A Dad’s Guide to the First Year
THIRD EDITION
A Dad’s Guide to the Second and Third Years
SECOND EDITION
Fathering Your School-Age Child
A Dad’s Guide to the Wonder Years, 3 to 9
A Hands-on Guide for Deployed Dads
A Dad’s Guide to Parenting Without a Partner
A Journey of Joy, Challenge, and Change
Also available in hardcover and paperback
To Tirzah and Talya, who showed me how to do it the first and second times, and Zoë, who reminds me every day just how much fun being a dad can be.—A. A. B.
For Joe, Clarke, and Emmy, and my parents, Clarke and Agnes Ash, with love and affection.—J. A.
Contents
Praise for The Expectant Father
About The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-To-Be
