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

Book cover image of My Boys Can Swim!: The Official Guy's Guide to Pregnancy by Ian Davis

Authors: Ian Davis, Ian Davis
ISBN-13: 9780761521679, ISBN-10: 0761521674
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Date Published: September 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Ian Davis

New father Ian Davis is a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., for a Fortune 500 company.

Book Synopsis

For most men, the only interesting part of pregnancy is what happens before the egg is fertilized. With that in mind, Ian Davis wrote My Boys Can Swim, a wry, witty, endlessly entertaining book that addresses the concerns of every dad-to-be. In addition to pregnancy basics, inside are unique guy insights you'll never find in those other pregnancy book, such as "Lamaze is just some fancy French word that doesn't mean much of anything. If the class was called 'Coping with the Excruciating Pains of Childbirth,' who would go?"

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
1. The First Trimester (0 to 3 Months)
Mission Impossible Health Insurance: Like a Good Neighbor or a Bad Dream What's in a Name?
C'mon Up Chuck Move Over Dolly Parton The World's Greatest Excuse
2. The Second Trimester (4 to 6 Months)
"Everyone's Getting Fat Like Mama Cass"
Same Stadium, Different Playing Field No Pain, No Gain The OB/GOD Common Medical Tests Cop a Feel Sex Starved or Sex Kitten?
Maternity Attire Blazing Saddles The Joy of "Regifting"
3. The Third Trimester (7 Months to Delivery)
Bankrupt Over Baby Stuff
"Let's All Hold Hands and Sing 'Kumbaya'": Those Dreaded Baby Classes In Search of Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Invisible Man Baby Ex-Lax The Vital Signs Show Time!
Check In/Check Out Mother Teresa Riding the Wave The Mother of All Shots: The Epidural The Only Day She'll Pray to Be Constipated You Have to Go Through Hell Before You Get to Heaven Where's My Reward?
The Fun Begins!
Things No One Tells You About the Post-Delivery Experience Slice and Dice Final Words
Epilogue Acknowledgments

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