Rating: Summary: Highly informative Review: Men, when your wife asks if you've been reading all the pregnancy books she's bought you, this book gives pithy quotes which will set her at ease. Of course, you'll have to hide your face in your pillow to cover up that smile! I give this to all the pregnant dads I know.
Rating: Summary: Don't buy it if you love your wife Review: My husband and I are expecting our first baby, so I bought this book for him because it seemed funny and short. Well, I started reading it and I got disappointed because in a way puts pregnant women down. During pregnancy, women need to be treated with respect, consideration and love. Making cruel jokes about women are not supportive at all!
Rating: Summary: Cliche. Uses (and re-uses) every tired sexist joke... Review: My husband and I found this book to be offensive. Maybe some people's marriages really are this sad, with this lack of appreciation for one another. The book is right up there with the regular e-mails we get at work that just re-hash old stereotypes about the differences between the sexes.
Rating: Summary: Lighten up! Review: Obviously this is not a wholly serious take on the topic. Like "My Boys Can Swim," and "Breathe! A Guy's guide to Pregnancy," it's not meant to be a medical textbook. The real "What to Expect" is fine if a man wants actual information. This one combines humor and advice.As for number of pure laughs, my vote goes to Breathe - a book that is blissfully devoid of any real info at all. It's just funny.
Rating: Summary: Cute Review: There are moments here when I found myself very amused. But all in all there are funnier books. For example, I loved "Delano" by John Orozco. That was hysterical.
Rating: Summary: OK but Repetitive Review: This book does provide some relevant info, but overall is OVERLY humourous and gives repetetive info. on what to expect month-by-month. I read it in one sitting and haven't used it for reference again.
Rating: Summary: A Very Funny Parody Review: This book had my husband and me laughing hysterically. While it does contain some useful tips and some factual information on the stages of pregnancy, it's more of a mood-lifter. It teaches many funny lessons on what to say, and what NOT to say to your pregnant wife, how to learn to maneuver her through a crowded restaurant (practice with an upright mattress), and the basic food groups of the pregnant woman. This is not a serious book, but it certainly helped us to lighten up an emotionally challenging period of our pregnancy. The previous reviewers who didn't like this book are taking themselves WAY too seriously! I highly recommend it for good laughs together.
Rating: Summary: waste of time Review: This book is good for a couple of laughs but mostly it's useless, plays on stupid stereotypes and is crass. There are other pregnancy books out there that manage to be funny while at the same time actually being enlightening and providing helpful information - unlike this book.
Rating: Summary: Good Stuff Review: This book is not meant to be taken literally or to provide useful information. This book is meant to be funny and it is. My hubby bought the book shortly after discovering I was pregnant and loved it. He buys if for all his friends when we find out they are expecting and still to this day can tell you the exercises that should be done in order to safely navigate your 9 month pregnant wife through a crowded resteraunt. I read it and found it to a great distraction from the gloom and doom of the more serious books. If you like to laugh and your wife is pregnat this is a good book for you.
Rating: Summary: Must read for first time dads!!! Review: This book is probably the funniest I have ever read. Great toungue in cheek advice of what husbands can (and should) eat during their wife's pregnancy (preferably, while she's not watching) and what the husband needs to pack into HIS bag for the hospital trip. Lots more.
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