My Boys Can Swim!: The Official Guy's Guide to Pregnancy

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Summary: not worth the price
Review: I bought this book with the hopes that I could learn a little, laugh a little and skip reading anything that had to do with a woman's experience - that's what my wife should be reading. I got what I was looking for with this book. However, shelling out $10 for a book that looks more like a hand out from the local clinic was not. Mr. Davis says not to fall for buying the most expensive "baby" related items as they are seldom worth the money - whoops, I already did buy buying this book. Save yourself the money, find the book at your local bookstore, buy a $2 cup of coffee, and breeze thru this "book" in 30 min or less. Don't worry about buying it - you won't look at it again after you read it once.

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Summary: The father-to-be's Dr. Spock!
Review: Wow. What an irreverent -- but revelant and necessary -- look at a process that our gender understands so poorly! Prepare to laugh out loud (and then blush when you have to explain why you're laughing so hard). From the Seinfeld-esque title to the baby-naming warnings to the more risque chapter on sex, this book will add a necessary bit of levity and help to explain the unexplainable.

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Summary: Not as funny as billed
Review: I bought this book for my husband hoping he would find it funny and useful. Several reviews said something to the effect of "if you like Howard Stern" you'll like this. It turns out I'll have to re-evaluate my position on Mr. Stern. This book was hardly a laugh a minute. It was moderately entertaining and marginally useful.

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Summary: Should be required reading...welcome comic relief!!
Review: I received this book as a gift. I really hadn't planned on reading it (like all of the other pregnancy books my wife and her friends have kindly passed on to me), but as a huge Seinfeld fan, the title alone, which comes from a Seinfeld episode, made me laugh. Then I opened the book and saw the dedication: "To my wife, my daughter, and the inventor of the epidural." I was intrigued. I sat down to skim the book one Sunday morning, and ended up reading it from cover to cover in about an hour, and I laughed hard and often. I then gave it to my wife, who loved it. She gave it to her mother, and now I hear them actually referring to stories in the book when they talk about the arrival of our first. Truth be told, if you consider yourself deeply earnest and proper, i.e., if you find Howard Stern deeply offensive, you will not like this book. Well, you wouldn't like me either. But if you have even a modest sense of humor, and you're looking for a fun way to spend an hour during pregnancy, this book is for you!

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Summary: Not Funny and Not Much Information Either
Review: An earlier reviewer writes: "I thought this book was the biggest waste of money since I went to see, "Dude, Who stole my car?" Not only is this book only marginally funny, but it's not informative either. ..... Moms to be: Don't buy this for your husbands. It's an insult to their intelligence and wit."
I have to second this opinion. I just don't understand what the many positive reviewers see in this book. I found it a waste of time as well as money.

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Summary: I finally got him to read a book on pregnancy!
Review: I begged my husband to read up on my pregnancy, and finally got him interested with this book. It's funny and has some useful information... but is mainly for entertainment value. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: This book provides humor and realism!
Review: I bought this for my husband a few days after I found out I was pregant. He is enjoying it very much - it is quite funny and, he says, a welcome relief from skimming through my more complex manuals on pregancy. I recommend it as a lighthearted look at pregnancy - certainly not as a comprehensive guide, though.

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Summary: Don't read just this
Review: While the book was funny, I can't say it was all that helpful. It was mainly wisecracks about dealing with pregnancy. DO NOT read this around your wife! Most of the funny things in this book will NOT amuse her. Read the book for a laugh, but don't read it for information.

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Summary: Cute, but not essential
Review: This book made me chuckle a few times, but didn't provide any infomation that wasn't in the pamphlets I got from my wife's ob/gyn. I was really suprised when the book arrived and it was so small. I finished it in about 90 minutes. If you're an expectant dad who has already read "The Expectant Father" and "She's Having a Baby, I'm Having a Breakdown" and still can't get enough, add this one to your collection.

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Summary: Hysterical and Informative!
Review: This book is a must for newly expectant fathers. Some great advice and some laughs too. Even the wife might enjoy a few of the jokes, and then again maybe NOT!!!