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

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Summary: are men really so bad?
Review: You'll only need to read this book if you are an insensitive block of wood. Other than that you'd be better off reading something sensible. Read what your wife reads!

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Summary: What a GREAT book!
Review: I bought this book for my husband after we found out I was pregnant. Not only does he love it, but I love it too! It gives us both insight into what the other is going through. I would recommend this book to any expectant father or mother!

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Summary: Great book for both expectant parents
Review: This book was an excellent source of information for both my wife and I during the nine months of our pregnancy. It helped to explain many mysteries of the pregnancy. I even caught my wife reading this in addition to her books on pregnancy. A MUST FOR EVERY EXPECTANT FATHER!

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Summary: Written by a man, but made for a woman
Review: While this book is written by a male author, don't look here for any pearls of wisdom that were passed over by the author of the pregnancy book sitting on your wife's bedside table. This book is full of sensible, measured advice. I'm sure that any pregnant woman would be delighted to be attended to by a husband as doting, sensitive and as in tune as the ideal man described in this book. That man, however, would more resemble a woman than the real world creatures we all know and love. If you are already a man for the new millenium, this book may resonate with you. If you still have some Neanderthal man left in your gene pool, this book will annoy you endlessly.

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Summary: outstanding
Review: This book is great, because it gives solid, practical advice on handling a preganancy. And not just how-to-deal-with-your-wife, but also the things the man is going through and the stuff the man can actually do himself (saving for college, for example).

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Summary: Excellent for getting the guy point-of-view
Review: This book is a must-read for all new fathers. It has humorus cartoons. The stories are also funny, and realistic. When I read the experinces and emotions that Armin A. Bott went through they made me laugh, but yet I realized I was going through the same experiences and asking the same quesitons like "how will I hold up in the delivery room" and "is this really real, or am I feeling an alien in my wife's tummy?" I especially liked chapter 5 on "The Lights are on and somebody's home" that details the baby moving and talking to your baby in the womb. It sounds starange, but their is reason behind it, as Bott points out from clinical studies that have been done. The chapter on labor and delivery is also good information with humor dispersed, making it fun to read.

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Summary: Ok to skim through
Review: Considering that there are very few books for expectant fathers, this book is a necessary purchase. The month-to-month synopses of physical and emotional changes happening to my wife were interesting. However, much of the book is obvious (e.g. how to save money for college) or over done (such as the section on symapthetic weight gain). Overall, I learned more by looking at my wife's books than I did from "The Expectant Father."

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Summary: Library Journal recommends THE EXPECTANT FATHER:
Review: ". . . one would be hard put to find a question about having a baby that is not dealt with here, all from the expectant father's point of view. . . very useful not only for expectant fathers but also for men wondering if fatherhood is right for them. . . .highly recommended."

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Summary: New Dad's to be MUST buy this book!
Review: This is a must buy for a brand new dad. Of all the books that I have bought on having a new baby, this proved to be the most informative and the book that I return to on a regular basis as a reference. It not only addresses the development of the baby, but the development of the new family. I found that it's insight into the emotional changes that my wife and I were experiencing were remarkably synchopated with our actual experience. I also found it to be very easy to read and follow. I would describe it as an ideal companion book to 'the girlfriends guide to pregnancy', and would recommend both new parents to read both books to get the male and female perspective of the experience. If you have to buy one book as a new daddy, have this be the one. I have just purchased the follow-on book, 'the new father' with the hopes that it equally illuminates the first year of the newborn.

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Summary: Good Reading for first time Fathers
Review: I found this book interesting for new fathers like me. Some things may be obvious and repetitive, but learning that many of the feelings experienced for the first time during pregnancy are actually quite common helps you better to deal with them.
The book is well organized so you can quickly skip sections that you don't need to read about (for example, twins, second birth, etc.). Overall, I like and do not consider it to be offensive for women at all.