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Breathe: A Guy's Guide to Pregnancy »

Book cover image of Breathe: A Guy's Guide to Pregnancy by Mason Brown

Authors: Mason Brown, Joe Oesterle
ISBN-13: 9780743219709, ISBN-10: 0743219708
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: February 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Mason Brown

Mason Brown is a managing editor at NationalLampoon.com. He is also the author of the bestselling business humor book Who Cut the Cheese? He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, his three-year-old son, "the boy,"and a one-year-old daughter, "the girl."

Book Synopsis

Finally, a book for guys that solves the riddles of pregnancy.

Do you think that newborn babies can eat Doritos? That they can't scream very loudly since they just have tiny little baby lungs? That you will still be able to golf on weekends after your baby is born?

If so, you need this book!

Breathe takes guys misstep-by-misstep through the stages of pregnancy and the early days of childhood. Considered by many to be the unofficial pregnancy handbook of the NBA, Breathe is filled with useful tips such as these:

Brown's First Law of Conception: The odds of conception are inversely proportional to its desirability. High school virgins experimenting behind bleachers are guaranteed to get pregnant; financially secure married men hoping for children are doomed to spend their weekends in fertility clinics masturbating into cups.

Picking a doctor: Never use a gynecologist whose Medical School Diploma has palm trees on the side.

Pre-Natal Music: Mozart, yes. Wagner, No!

Common Concerns: If your baby is born with dark hair that covers its head, back, neck, temples and forehead, don't panic. This is perfectly normal. It just means your baby was born Italian.

Child experts from all over the world agree — if you're a first time father, drop your baby and pick up this book!

Table of Contents

Foreword: A Word from the Doctor11
Preface: A Word from the Author12
Introduction13
Part IGetting Started15
1.On Deciding to Become a Father17
2.Trying to Get Pregnant23
3.Are You Pregnant?33
Part IINine Months and Counting39
4.Establishing Paternity41
5.Finances43
6.Choosing (and Working with) Your Practitioner47
7.The Best Odds Diet for Men51
8.Prenatal Care 10157
9.Sex During Pregnancy61
10.What's Going On in There? Understanding the Trimester System67
11.Your Wife's Mental Changes Throughout Pregnancy73
12.The Working Mother77
13.The Gender Dilemma: Should You Find Out the Sex of Your Unborn Child?79
14.Naming Your Baby83
15.The Baby Shower89
16.Preparing the Baby's Room93
17.Birthing Classes97
18.What to Bring to the Hospital101
Part IIID-day!! Labor and Delivery105
19.Making the Decision to Go to the Hospital107
20.Driving to the Hospital113
21.You Made It to the Hospital. Now What?117
22.The Final Push121
23.C-Sections127
24.It's A ... live129
25.Picking a Room135
Part IVAfterbirth139
26.Keep Baby Off the Grid!!141
27.The Great Circumcision Debate143
28.Other Body Modification Rituals145
29.The First Days Home151
30.Postpartum Depression: Hers and Yours157
31.Birth Announcements161
32.Day Care Providers169
33.Television and the Younger Child177
34.Out with the Old, In with the New: The Second Baby179
35.Developmental Milestones183
AppendixA List of Recommended Baby Books191

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