The Expectant Father - Betty Parsons

The Expectant Father-A primer for expectant Father !! --------------------------------------------------------------------- On my road to be a proud father I got this book as a gift from a close friend.The curosity was to finish the book within a week and I did it;kudos to the slick volume of this book (less than 200 pages) !! Well I feel this is a book for clueless dads to get familair with basic pregnancy information from their viewpoint.The book has chapters organized in various phases in the journey to child birth. I liked the chapter on family changes which is very infromative as it clearly depicts how men with little more ...  Read the complete review

The Expectant Father is an excellent book for... well, expectant fathers. It is very ease to read. It is light and yet informative. It is not scary and goes into just enough detail to be useful without confusing any dads to be. The book is divided chronologically into the Ante-natal period, the Labour and the Post-natal period. There are amusing sketches throughout the book that make it quite light-hearted. It hits exactly the right note for men who want to know about what is happening to their pregnant partner but aren't up for too much detail. The section on labour is the most detailed and is very matter-of-fact about what to expect. This is ...  Read the complete review