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Chapter 1: The First Few Weeks ...
Shock, Joy, Surprise, and Things You’ll Want to Do

Tip #1:
You can take a pregnancy test yourself, but only hers counts.

THE STORY:
The first four tests she took were all positive, but the indicator strips were extremely light. That’s when I took a fifth test to act as a control test to make sure the results were accurate. She laughed at first but generally thought I was an idiot for doing so. She stood next to me as I took the test (she turned away when I peed). After dipping the stick, my wife watched as the indicator light revealed the results. As predicted, the results were a bright negative. For some reason, I had to test it. I just couldn’t believe it.
—Scott, daughter 23 months

The lack of control begins with her urine. My wife hoarded her pee—she insisted it was too early to take a pregnancy test and refused to pee on a stick for me. I insisted that even though it was too early, taking a pregnancy test is too much fun to pass up. How many times in our life do we get to do this? I like to think of taking a pregnancy test like being on a game show without the game show music in the background (although next time I think I might play music during the test). The prize is that you get to have a baby (or two or three). I explained to her that it wasn’t fair that she was hoarding her urine. She then explained that she didn’t want to be disappointed if the test was negative like the previous month’s round of testing.

After explaining to her that a negative result is the most likely result, and that it would be too soon to be disappointed because it’s so early, she yielded and reluctantly offered me some of her possibly pregnant urine. She then dipped the pregnancy test stick and we huddled around the urine-soaked magic wand.

Pregnancy tests work by detecting the pregnancy hormone hCG. HCG begins to be produced when a fertilized egg implants in the uterus—about 6 days after conception—and then continues to increase during pregnancy. Most pregnancy tests give the most accurate results once hCG reaches high enough levels in the urine to be detected, about one week after a missed period. Early pregnancy tests can be used to tell if you’re pregnant up to five days before a missed period. Once we dipped the stick and waited two minutes, we saw what appeared to be the faintest blue line. I bought a cheap test because…I can be cheap at times. The line was so faint it almost wasn’t there. It definitely wasn’t negative, but it was barely positive. We angled it, we put it under a bright light, dipped it in the urine cup on the counter—still, we thought the results
were unclear.

I then peed on one of the sticks to see if they were defective (surprisingly a number of guys do this). Fast forward 15 minutes, and I returned home from the drugstore with three deluxe digital home pregnancy tests. She peed again, we huddled again, and then, the word pregnant flashed on the screen. We took another test and it said not pregnant. She then took another digital test from a different manufacturer, and the results flashed pregnant. We figured two flashing pregnant sticks meant that she was really pregnant.

I’ve heard that tests rarely ever give false positives. (hCG levels can vary from day to day, which can make someone have a positive test one day, and then a negative test the next.) So a positive result normally means that you can be pretty sure she is pregnant. My wife took another test with hermorning pee, and we were 100 percent positive. Four cheap tests and three digital tests later (a total of $75 worth of sticks), we finally believed she was pregnant. So much of pregnancy is about facing the unknown and accepting your lack of control. As a man, we don’t even have control over the test—that’s how little control we have from day one. But if you accept this fact and embrace the reality that you will experience an incredible amount of surprise during pregnancy—some surprises difficult, but most extremely good—you quickly learn how to get comfortable with the uncomfortable right from the start.

THE BOTTOM LINE:
Put your urine away and go with her flow. There’s no controlling the future even if you pee on a control stick.

A must-read, step-by-step guide for dads-to-be...provides a realistic picture of what expectant fathers will see, hear, feel and touch.

Harlan Cohen is able to do more in this book than I have heard in months of pregnancy shows. He takes his writing experience of being a best-selling author and advice columnist and applies it to that clear-as-mud arena known as “expectant fatherhood.” We, as expectant fathers, do not have a What to Expect when You are Expecting title nor do we have a segment on Oprah. We are truly left to seek our own knowledge. Cohen is able in Dad’s Pregnant Too to summarize different topic areas into short 2-6 page essays so that we can access it with ease or read the book cover-to-cover.

Thankfully the book is broken into broad sections and formatted in a “tip” format. Each different topic within these broad sections has a number, Tip#1,2,3,etc… , so that we as forgetful fathers can remember where we left off. I appreciated the side bar info and other resources so that we could explore more information if needed.

Cohen is able to relay important topics and info in a humorous style that fits the general sarcasm we all try to deal with pregnancy with. I could relate because I often try to “joke away the stress” that comes with expecting a new child. My wife and I are currently 7.5 months and expecting a wonderful baby girl. In the mean time I have gone through all those stages of excitement to stress and am thankful for resources like this so that it does not seem so alien. It also doesn’t help that my degree is in family studies, so you would think I would know everything in the book. Thankfully I learned some key things.

“Keeping up with the pregnancy and taking an active role will help you stay connected involved. If she knows you are there for her, this whole experience will be easier for her.”(Cohen, 2008.) This passage can become our mantra as expectant fathers because, if the mother is happy, then we can survive. Believe me; I have learned this fact well throughout my short time of being with my pregnant wife. Cohen helps introduce this idea well and gives lots of bite size chunks of information to keep the expectant father to not be so overwhelmed.

Something incredibly helpful in this text that is not in other father books, which there are not many, is a fetal development section with pictures. This may not sound like much but unless most of us men can see a picture, this abstract notion of a baby developing in our partner is crazy impossible to understand. Cohen breaks it down by week-to-week sections and gives a good summary of each developmental stage. If nothing else, your partner will be amazed that you can accurately describe what the baby is developing when or maybe that you know the difference between an embryo and a fetus.

I know that it is relatively improbable that we will not know all there is to know to make pregnancy a smooth and problem-free process. Dad’s Pregnant Too will not magically fill in those knowledge gaps either. What it does is give us a base knowledge to be comfortable in the doctor’s office and delivery room so that we can have some chance at being able to take care of said baby after they are born. The longer we can avoid being in “shellshock” with this whole pregnancy process, the better off we will fare as parents of our next generation. I recommend this title as a stand alone purchase and as a part of your pregnancy knowledge journey. I would say buy this one over other titles if you only want to read one book because it can help take you through week one to the birth and after without too much critical thinking and pressure. While it may not be a good title for an expectant mother or female audience, it is about time we have a book all to ourselves and Cohen gives a great effort to make fathers a better equipped part of the pregnancy process


Dad’s Pregnant Too! is a sweet, funny and informative book that will keep a busy man’s attention with the stay-with-me humor only another man can offer.

Comic and comprehensive, DPT offers useful information with lots of humor - so it will probably stick. A great gift book for any expectant dad - especially first time - but even the 7th, 8th, 9th and beyond :)


Last week, I had the pleasure of chatting with Harlan Cohen, mastermind and author of the popular pregnancy advice book, Dad’s Pregnant Too! Cohen, who lives in Lakeview and is the father of a toddler girl and baby boy, wrote the book to fill what he thought was a void in pregnancy advice for men whose wives were pregnant.

With the blessing of his wife (I would NEVER let my husband share the intimate details he does, but I admire it), Cohen writes the best tips and tales geared toward any man about to be a father. It makes for a good read for the wife as well.

The book is quite a tome (clocking in at over 500 pages), but it can be used as a quick reference guide and is easy (and fun) to read.

One of my favorite chapters include Cohen’s diatribe about the "Accidental A-holes" that men can be during pregnancy. I will never forget the time (no, never), that my husband denied me the pleasure of a chocolate donut from Dunkin’ Donuts late at night after a dinner out. As we zoomed by the shop on Clybourn the curse words could be heard all the way to the lake.

But enough of that.

Cohen’s book will touch you with it’s raw honesty and make you laugh with its good humor. It’s also been medically reviewed, so you can trust the medical advice and related information as well. On his website, Cohen’s installed a " Pregnancy Tracker" so dads (and anyone) can get pregnancy updates week by week. From the get-go it looks world’s more helpful than the stock Babycenter.com "my baby is the size of a gumball" one.

Cohen said that the book "came from a place of love and respect," and that he wants to make the "uncomfortable" of pregnancy more comfortable. After reading it through, it’s one of the books I wish we had on our "to-read" list during my pregnancies.

You can read more of my conversation with Harlan Cohen in the September issue of Chicago Parent Magazine. Dad’s Pregnant Too! can be purchased at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other leading booksellers.


Cohen has left nothing out, his sense of humour throughout will be appreciated by all who read this marvelous book. Dads-to-be should be lining up to get their hands on a copy of, Dad’s Pregnant Too!


Dads are often forgotten part of pregnancy
By Paul Lane
CNHI

NORTH TONAWANDA — For all of the facets of pregnancy that a man might find overwhelming — and there are many — some of the smallest situations might present the biggest head-scratchers.

Need proof? Just take an expectant father shopping for baby items.

“It’s just a funny thing to watch these guys in the stroller aisle,” author Harlen Cohen said. “Even men with advanced engineering degrees can’t break down a baby stroller that first time.”

Shopping is one of the more comical, if not trivial, parts of pregnancy that Cohen covers in his book, “Dad’s Pregnant Too.” A father of a 4-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy, Cohen decided to write the book because of a dearth of meaningful literature available to expectant fathers.

“When it comes to life transitions ... there isn’t a lot for men when it comes to the expectant process,” said Cohen, who wrote the book while his wife was pregnant with their son. “Men are expected to know more, do more and just be present and be more involved (than men in the past). We don’t have that ritual history that women have.”

Since emotions can be heightened during pregnancy, Cohen felt it was important to offer practical advice on what men should (and shouldn’t) do to help out. He also wanted to assist other men with the feelings they might experience during pregnancy but are unable to deal with due to the focus rightly being placed on the mother-to-be and baby.

“Men have to deal with having so little control and wanting to support someone you love so much, but only being able to do so much to support them,” he said. “Men have a hard time dealing with lack of attention. A lot of men are used to being asked to be included, and during pregnancy you won’t be asked. You have to insert yourself into situations.”

Those situations have to be the right ones, though, Cohen cautioned:

• Do spoil your wife/partner. “How can you make her as comfortable as possible?” he said.

• Don’t have that beer with dinner if it might upset her, since she has to abstain from alcohol for the duration of the pregnancy.

• Do accompany her to doctor visits.

• Don’t become overwhelmed by the odd-looking medical devices you’ll likely see during what’s probably your first trek into an ob/gyn clinic.

• Do your research on what you’ll need to buy for the new baby. And also expect to stay a while. “I find that women look at baby shopping the way men look at cars. They like looking,” he said. “First locate the gliders/rocking chairs. They are a great place to sit while she shops.”

• Do not even think about making a dish for dinner that upsets her suddenly potent sense of smell. “Cooking it again will make her vomit,” he chuckled. “That will result in a horrible outcome.”

All kidding aside, Cohen knows from first-hand experience that pregnancy can be an isolating experience for men if they don’t know how to approach it (an accompanying Web site, dadspregnant.com, offers men an additional support vehicle). His wife read every page of the book as he wrote it, he said, which helps to ensure that the book can be a couples experience for new parents.

“I think the first time around, you’re afraid to assert yourself because you don’t know what you really want,” he said of expectant fathers. “Some people need help to create the experience they want.”


I am so last minute with this but this could be a great gift idea for those Dad to be’s this Father’s Day (which is tomorrow!!) or at any time for a Dad to be. Dad’s Pregnant Too is about expecting Mamis and Papis sharing advice and tips about being pregnant. This book honestly made me think about Dad to be in a new way. We maybe focus a lot on ourselves due to our changing bodies and habits (no caffeine!! How can I live!) and especially for me with a high risk pregnancy it was procedure after procedure and testing after testing. It’s all consuming that you don’t really take a second to stop to think about how Dad is feeling. This book is cute and funny including:

· A guide to the different types of expectant fathers, from the Do-It-All to the Me-Too, and the Getting Fat to the Two-For-the-Price-of-Two

· A rundown on how to spoil your pregnant partner, from massaging wherever she’ll let you touch to the babymoon and push presents

· How to navigate the baby superstore and limit your purchases to two car seats and a stroller that should go 55 mph, given the price tag

· And everything in between, from the baby’s development to the body and mind of a pregnant woman to sex during pregnancy!




I’m not a dad, I’m not expecting, and I usually find pregnancy humor about as funny as postpartum hemorrhoids. But I’m happy to admit that Dad’s Pregnant, Too! by advice columnist and author Harlan Cohen was a pleasant surprise.

Why?

He tells men things that pregnant women are too hormonally and physically exhausted to communicate, such as Don’t touch the pregnant boobs unless specifically invited and Never follow "I’m tired" with "Me too," unless you want to be an AA—his term for Accidental A$$hole, something the new dad will definitely learn a lot about.

The book’s focus is on understanding and supporting the pregnant woman and broadening your relationship with her, even when she’s irrational, scared, or so uncomfortable that neither of you can sleep. Humor, psychology, and stories interweave well with facts and diagrams of the baby’s developmental stages, and the book covers a wide range of birth choices, including doulas, midwives, doctors, birthing centers, and hospitals. There is very little judgment, and he mostly refers to the pregnant woman as a partner, to include non-traditional relationships. Cohen also doesn’t shy away from the scary parts of pregnancy. Miscarriage, pregnant sex, the perils of bed rest, unavoidable gassiness, and depression (for either partner) are all covered with humor, heart, and helpful resources for more information.

As an extra bonus, and I know it seems silly, but I love the size of this book. I used to hate how all pregnancy books were a little too big and floppy, but Dad’s Pregnant Too! is about the size of a slightly thick trade paperback.

I now firmly believe that every positive pregnancy test and Soon-to-be-a-Father’s Day card should include a copy of Dad’s Pregnant, Too! It’s the only way a woman can get the sympathy she deserves before her ankles start to swell.

More than 4 million babies are born in the United States each year and that means there are more than 4 million expectant dads wondering what the next nine months of pregnancy will mean for them and their relationship with their spouse or partner. This Father’s Day, what better way to prepare men for impending fatherhood than by giving them a step-by-step guide with advice, tips, stories and pictures ranging from the positive pregnancy test to the delivery room? As a new father himself, Harlan Cohen provides men with an honest, thoughtful and humorous guide to the dos and don’ts of being an expectant dad. Dad’s Pregnant Too is a great alternative to the other expectancy books out there because your man will actually pick this one up! It is not at all girly or embarrassing for him to be seen reading. New moms will also get a kick out of Harlan Cohen’s funny and sweet style of writing and point of view. Be sure to also check out www.dadspregnant.com for hilarious blogs and videos.

When you first get pregnant, you have so many questions. The doctor will quickly answer all the questions moms have and there are countless books out there for mom to read if the doctor doesn’t answer all of them. However, if dads are often overlooked. I can still remember my husband reading all my books but not really understanding what he could do to help me.

We were really introduced to Dad’s Pregnant Too by Harlan Cohen and we both wished that my husband could have had this when I was pregnant with my firstborn. This book answers so many of the questions that dads have in a straightforward, matter of fact way. In every chapter, there is a tip, a story, and the bottom line.

I love that Harlan Cohen writes from a man’s perspective to men. This book was easy for me to read and actually helped me to understand where my husband was coming from when I was pregnant.

The new dad will learn:

How to spoil your pregnant partner and help her feel as good as she feels big
How to navigate the baby superstore and limit your purchases to two car seats and a stroller that should go 55 mph, given the price tag
How to pass the time during the second and third Trimesters
Dad’s Pregnant Too would make a great Father’s Day gift for the expecting dad. Even though his baby isn’t here yet, he is a dad too!


My Thoughts on The BookI have read another book by Harlan Cohen entitled The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College and found this book to be very funny so I knew that this book would also be funny. I also have had a chance to meet Harlan in person a few times and see him speak at a conference in the past as well and his stories are spellbinding and many times leave you laughing.

In this book Harlan does a great job at using humor to talk about his experience in being a man who is entering the realm of preparing to be a father and in going through the pregnancy with his wife (as well as the experiences of others). Harlan does tell it like it is and is not afraid to mince words, so understand that when you read his books. In saying this though, I believe that you will find that his style of writing is quite engaging and humorous.

The book is not a manual, but it is a guide for dads to be and the book’s light-hearted nature will keep a smile on your face from start to finish!

If this book sounds like something you would like in your own collection or you would like to give a copy to a friend as a gift, you can find it on Amazon!


Dads can develop postpartum depression

New fathers generally don’t have a wealth of information to fall back on. Pregnancy books are usually aimed at women, obviously, though there are a few notable exceptions, like Christopher Healy’s Pop Culture: The Sane Man’s Guide to the Insane World of New Fatherhood and Dad’s Pregnant, Too by Harlan Cohen. But dads-to-be and new fathers need help as much as moms do: A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 10 percent of husbands experience depression sometime between their wives’ first trimester and the end of the baby’s first year, and 25.6 percent of new dads are depressed during the first 3 to 6 months of the baby’s life — in other words, 3 to 6 months postpartum.

That number is way up from a study reported in the Lancet in 2005, in which four percent of new fathers were found to have symptoms of postpartum depression.

So many people expect that bond with the new baby to be instantaneous — or the bond with older children to be unbreakable — that there’s a level of shock and shame that comes when a new parent doesn’t feel immediate love for their squalling bundle of joy. (There was a heartbreaking post over at The Motherlode earlier this week, in which new parents admit that they don’t feel in love with their children.) That feeling is usually considered maternal, which may be one reason that depression in new fathers tends to fly under the radar.

In an article in U.S. News & World Report, John Hyman tells reporter Dana Scarton that he felt "broken" by his lack of an instant connection with his newborn son. "Betsy fell in love. It was primal," he says. "I didn’t have that experience. I thought I was broken. I remember thinking this was a dirty little secret I would have to deal with."

While male and female postpartum depression have similar symptoms, most people don’t recognize them when they appear. Complicating matters is the fact that hormonal changes can trigger and affect the condition in women, but in men it’s more likely to be triggered by the radical lifestyle changes brought on by having a squalling bundle of joy around the house. Men also deal with depression differently, and are more likely to work longer hours to escape the internal conflict or to act out in angry or destructive ways, with drug and alcohol abuse or extramarital affairs.

And the parents aren’t the only ones who may be affected by it. As psychologist James F. Paulson, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School who conducted the study with Sharnail D. Bazemore, tells U.S. News:

Children born into such families receive less attention from the depressed parent and are at increased risk for developing physical and emotional problems.... Depression in the father is thought to increase the likelihood that his children will act out or behave destructively. (Depression in the mother, by contrast, is associated with decreased overall health, learning problems, and a greater risk for developing depression.)
Moms and Dads, please weigh in: In retrospect, do you think you or your spouse suffered from postpartum depression? How did you deal with it?


Cohen explains how life changes during pregnancy and after the baby is born, and how to be a valuable and helpful member of the child-making/raising team. And it’s funny and well written.

Since the news was literally put in my lap that we were having a baby (by way of the positive home pregnancy test being tossed at me), I’ve been reading as much material about what’s to come as I can get my hands on. Actually, I started reading Neal Pollack’s Alternadad in May, a couple weeks before the news hit, as if I knew what was coming. But once the news did come I started reading this sort of material in earnest, needing to know my place and responsibilities in this "journey" of parenthood.

The first book I completed, after Alternadad was Dad’s Pregnant, Too, which was a list of tips for expectant fathers on what’s to come, how to react, and how to treat the pregnant mother throughout the pregnancy. The bottom line of the book seemed to be: Keep her happy! The more comfortable you can keep the mother of your child, the easier the nine months will go by. While I feel I’m doing an okay job at this, there are parts of pregnancy that still bug me (like the gas, e.g.). But because of the book, I knew it was coming, so I’m thankful (for the book, not the gas).

I enjoyed this book because I knew when my wife felt pains or had other symptoms conducive to pregnancy, I knew not to overreact. I could assure her that she and the baby was more than likely doing fine, and the little things cropping up were all normal. The book also showed and explained what changes the baby was going through, and its amazing development inside her belly. Knowing what to expect, along with going to her doctor appointments, has really put me at ease since all signs point to a healthy baby.

I also signed up for two newsletters from the Parents.com website that also runs through the steps of development, as well as helpful tips for coping with the changing pregnant body (mostly geared towards women, but informative). I often read interesting tidbits that I forward to my wife, or I read things that we have already gotten to or done. This is great because it shows we’re staying on top of things and preparing well. At the same time I signed up for the newsletter I started reading dad blogs, trying to get at what my place was in all this, and if the sudden apprehension I was feeling was normal. Realizing there was a large community out there with guys like me was comforting, and prompted me to start this site and share my feelings in the hopes of showing even newer dads that we’re all in the same boat. I’ve learned a ton from these guys and have gotten really good feedback from them about my experiences so far.

At the moment I am kind of in a reading frenzy, reading one book on colic while commuting on the train for work, another book about baby’s first year at home, as well as a plethora of baby magazines that are showing up at our house. My wife laughs at me because I try and "steal" the magazines from her before she’s even finished with them. Like the newsletters, they are geared towards women, which is a shame given the dad’s bigger role in child raising, but often informative. With the help of these magazines, I feel I know better what’s out there for babies, like the different choices of baby bottles.

The colic book is really interesting, called The Happiest Baby on the Block, which was recommended by the writer of Dad’s Pregnant Too. It’s a huge concern to me about getting through those first few months after the birth, trying to get the baby used to being out in the world. Most get through it okay but there’s a percentage that have a hard time of it. Reading this book is showing how important it is to make the baby as comfortable and nurtured as possible to avoid colic and create the close bond needed to show we will always be there for him.

I like the baby’s first year book (part of the What to Expect When You’re Pregnant series) because it goes through the steps to caring for the child properly, like holding, moving, feeding and cleaning. These are skills I never aquired in my life since my family had no babies in it. Only recently, because of my wife’s family and our collective friends, have I been exposed to infants and toddlers. I still haven’t ever changed a diaper but I feel a lot more comfortable holding and being around children. Handling my own child will be a lot different, I’m sure, but at least I’ve gotten some exposure and know to just be myself with them.

All this reading has opened my eyes to the world I’ve entered just by getting my wife pregnant. There’s a lot to know but even more to really experience. I won’t claim to be an expert of child rearing by the time our son arrives but at least I can say I’m aware of what could happen. I haven’t taken most things in my life too seriously, but this I’d like to get right. Of course I know you can get everything from books (or the classes we’ll be attending), but being prepared has become very important to me.

I would love to hear some feedback about resources you used before or after birth. At the rate I’m going, I have at least 3-4 more books I can get through!


5 Things We Learned From Dad’s Pregnant Too!

—Chris McNamara
September 21, 2008

The Chicago author has made a career out of advising teens on growing up. Here he focuses on parenthood. Promising to educate men on pregnancy, this book is stocked with tips and Q&As, perfect to read between administering foot rubs and cooing supportive words.

1. Upon announcing that his partner is pregnant, men should expect a range of responses from buddies, from positive to shocked. ("What the hell are you thinking?")

2. Remember to touch your wife during pregnancy. "When you’re done having fun and playing with her belly, invite her to have fun and play with yours. It’s only polite."

3. Once baby arrives, dads are demoted. "What expectant fathers need to understand is that being demoted is a normal and natural part of the process."

4.Consider buying your woman a "push present" as the delivery date approaches. Common in Europe and India, this is a gift given to the mother after the baby has arrived, a sort of thank-you token for her hard work.

5. The overpowering love you will feel for your newborn could happen immediately or take hours, weeks or months to kick in. Relax. What you’re feeling is correct.

Dad’s Pregnant Too! By Harlan Cohen (Sourcebooks,$12.95 paper)

I must admit I jumped at the chance when offered to review author Harlan Cohen’s new book, Dad’s Pregnant Too. Afterall, who have not heard of this bestselling author who is also a nationally syndicated advice columnist. No? Perhaps his other bestselling book The Naked Roommate may ring a bell. I can hear the “Ahhhhhhhhh” now *grins*.

I’ve got to admit, most pregnancy books are catered for women so, Dad’s Pregnant Too! would make a wonderful guide for any dad-to-be. Being a woman myself, I know for a fact that when I was first pregnant, I was clueless about my impending role of motherhood if not for the help and advice from friends, families and most importantly, books!

Dad’s Pregnant Too! features more than 100 tips for expectant dads with step-by-step guide, advice and pictures. I love the fact that medically reviewed pictures of baby’s development are also included in this book. Who else knows better than us that men, being the typical M-E-N rarely talk about their insecurities during the pregnancy months. Instead of being left to wonder about what the next nine months of pregnancy will mean for them, this book will help men to understand their partner and what’s really going on inside her belly.

Dad’s Pregnant Too! scores extra brownie points for:

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Teaching the expectant dads that they need to treat their partner well as a pregnant woman needs to feel as good as she feels big
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Providing expectant dads an insight into the different minds of a pregnant woman.
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Preparing them to face the truth - that the first 2-3 months after the arrival of baby might be extremely stressful and exhausting though things will be spectacular in the next few months after that.

Many a times when I read this book, I would burst out in giggles as the author is witty and hilarious while not losing sight of factual information. Dad’s Pregnant Too! is so much FUN to read and I wish we had it eight years ago when I was first pregnant. It’s definitely THE essential guide, packed with the best advice for expectant couples from the experts and parents who have been there before.