List Books » Your Pregnancy for the Father-to-Be: Everything Dads Need to Know about Pregnancy, Childbirth and Getting Ready for a New Baby
Authors: Glade B. Curtis, Judith Schuler
ISBN-13: 9780738212753, ISBN-10: 073821275X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: January 2009
Edition: Second Edition
Glade B. Curtis, M.D., M.P.H., is board-certified by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the father of five. He lives in Utah.
Judith Schuler, M.S., has co-written books with Dr. Curtis for more than twenty years and divides her time between Wyoming and Arizona.
Fully updated and expanded, the essential one-stop guide for dads-to-be.
A Letter to the Expectant Fathers Who Read This Book | vii | |
You're Expecting, Too, Dad! | ix | |
The Big Picture: A Quick Look at Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond | xi | |
1 | Essential Pregnancy Information | 1 |
Pregnancy-Related Terms for Expecting Couples | 15 | |
2 | Lifestyle Changes for You as an Expecting Couple | 25 |
3 | Ways to Support Your Pregnant Partner | 47 |
4 | Changes in Your Life as the Expectant Dad | 73 |
5 | Your Couple Relationship | 89 |
6 | You're Part of This Pregnancy, Too! | 111 |
7 | The Financial Realities of Parenthood | 133 |
8 | If There Are Pregnancy Problems | 167 |
9 | Preparing for Baby's Arrival | 187 |
10 | Childbirth Preparation, and Labor and Delivery | 205 |
11 | Now You're a Dad! | 239 |
Resources | 261 | |
Acknowledgments | 277 | |
Index | 279 |