The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-to-Be, Second Edition

I felt like the author kept repeating himself over and over in each chapter.
The author is also a very sensitive guy, I leave that to your own interpretation.

I hardly touched it. It was given to me by someone. Well, given to me to give to my husband when I was pregnant. "The Birth Partner" is a much better book, and my husband swears by it, and even buys it for his friends whose wives are getting pregnant. In fact, something happened during the birth part that is almost completely described and covered in the book "The Birth Partner". This one is probably a bit too polished (make it less real) for the dads to be. If you are a husband that wants to be involved quite a bit, go get "The Birth Partner" instead of this.

This book errs on the side of ignorance and is a little old fashioned (for example, the chapter devoted to "What happens if you have to go grocery shopping if your wife can't while she's pregnant.") However, if you understand that some parts are dumbed down or out of date, it's over all a good book. A lot is geared towards things my husband likes to think about - financial planning, how to help me feel better, etc.

I started reading the first part of the book. All I've read thus far is the negatives such as birth defects, miscarriage, and other bad things. I'm excited about being a father and the last thing I want to here about (in what I thought was a positive book) is the beggining to start like this. I may bring myself to read further, but not what I wanted to read at the beggining

This is the one book that I did get to read while my girlfriend and I were expecting. It forewarned me about many useful things and answered a lot of questions I didn't know I had to ask in a clear and useful manner.

The section on post-pregnancy situations was extremely helpful too. Some books seem to forget that pregnancy is just the beginning.

Ladies, please cut back on your coffee intake, at least during the very first months. My girlfriend and I found out the very hard way what doctors are discovering nowadays. There IS a connection between drinking large amounts of caffeinated coffee and miscarriages.