Dad's Expecting Too: Advice, Tips, and Stories for Expectant Fathers

by Harlan Cohen

Are you a soon-to-be father eager to navigate the exciting journey of pregnancy with confidence and support?  In this comprehensive and engaging book, Harlan Cohen equips expectant dads with the essential knowledge, practical advice, and heartwarming stories they need to embrace this life-changing experience like never before. Dad's Expecting Too goes beyond the conventional pregnancy guides and caters specifically to fathers, empowering them to be active participants throughout the pregnancy journey. Packed with invaluable insights, this book covers everything from understanding the physical and emotional changes experienced by expectant mothers to fostering a strong bond with your baby even before birth. Key features of Dad's Expecting Too With Dad's Expecting Too , you'll feel confident, informed, and ready to embark on this incredible journey alongside your partner. Equip yourself with the best tools, advice, and stories to be the best dad you can be!

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

528 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Jeff Knight · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was given to me by my best friend (another recent father) who had it given to him by another father friend. It is a great resource for questions an expecting father may have, and answers many questions an expectant father may not even have thought of yet - all while being an enjoyable, light-hearted read

[Aron · Rating 4 out of 5]

My wife is expecting our first baby in August, so I wanted to find out how to be the best husband I could be during this time. Having not read any other books like this, I can't compare it to anything. My wife and I have had some conversations that we probably wouldn't have, had I not had this book.

[Ilias · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was looong but informative. It made me laugh, think, disagree, get scared and worried, but that's life I feel and that's what having a baby seems to be. It some chapters that I didn't like or felt that I didn't get much, but in general it's the best one of its kind that I read until now. I recommend it.

[joe touzel · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty thorough and easy to read. would recommend

[Jake Ruefer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of info that’s not needed but it’s easy to read and helpful!

[Nick · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a book for absolute meatheads. Of the 460-something pages, I'd say only 1% of information in here is actually useful:

1. What your baby looks like as the weeks of the pregnancy progress
2. Ideas for a birth plan
3: The types of pain management available to moms during labor & delivery.

The rest of the so called "tips" in this book are the most obvious nuggets of advice anyone can give an expecting father: Help her out and don't do stupid sh*t to piss her off.

Like, duh!

For the meathead population of men out there who are absolutely clueless about how to treat a pregnant woman or don't know how to stop watching football, by all means, read this book.

For the rest of us, literally any other book will be more useful.

[Chip Hunter · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this book from my anxious mother-in-law, who clearly wants to make sure I live up to my end of this deal. It was an enjoyable and easy read, mostly dealing with how to cope with your pregnant wife. You don't want to be an "Unintentional A-hole", as Cohen refers to partners who tick off their wives by being insensitive, ect. He belabors a few key points about being patient and going out of your way to accommodate a hormonal woman, and most of his advice should be pretty obvious. The book is full of humorous anecdotes from new fathers, who relate amusing stories or helpful advice in short paragraphs throughout each chapter. Organizationally, the book is broken into about 10 chapters, each dealing with a particular aspect of being an expectant father. There are around 100 "tips", nuggetized ideas and hints that should make the process of having a baby better for everyone involved. The most helpful parts of the book to me dealt with the more biology-centered aspects of pregnancy. How your wife's body is changing, mid-level details about the way babies develop, and what to expect during labor and delivery were interesting and important to know.

DAD'S EXPECTING TOO! is lengthy, but easy to read. It is both entertaining and informative and I would recommend it to fathers who feel a bit out-of-the-loop when it comes to their roles as expectant fathers. I'm going to pass my copy on to my brother, who is also a first-timer.

[Minna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I realize this is for MEN to read but I read it first, to find out if I thought it would be useful for my husband. It's pretty funny and I think he would enjoy skimming it (he's not much of a reader).

Much of it is not particularly new to a woman (we are perfectly well aware of all the discomforts, annoyances, and drawbacks of the entire process), but I DID learn one thing: my husband is SUPER LUCKY. He has had his fair share of what the book terms "accidental asshole" moments (Example: he skipped the second [and final] session of our childbirth prep class because he's a paramedic and "already knows all that stuff", claiming he had to work and could not get a swap. Except then he DID get a swap after all. I was so happy! I would have company at the class! Surprise!: he got a swap... so he could attend a HS wrestling match (he coaches, part-time, as a labor of love). Apparently, it was a BIG MATCH and could not be missed. But his first (and possibly, ONLY) child's birth class... not so much). But by and large he has escaped a lot of the stuff this book warns men they might be in for. I probably will force him to read it, just to reinforce that he really lucked out.

I would recommend this to any expectant father, and to the expectant mothers too, for a laugh.

[Joshua · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, I read this during the 2nd trimester of my wife's pregnancy. Some of the examples guys were using to describe their wives were just crazy. It does not factor in personalities. In this book, every reaction is so generalized, it was just pointless. Now, a few tidbits made sense and some of it made me feel more sane, but all in all, 500 pages of book wielded about 30 pages of useful, enlightened reading.

[Zombie_Phreak · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a pretty good book for fathers to be. It has good advice and stories from real people about what happened in their lives during pregnancy and raising their kids. Overall I'd say there are too many stories in it and after a while it seemed like it was just padding to make the book longer. I do recommend for new days but you may want to skim past a lot of the stories, they get a little boring after a while.

[Jerzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good advice, including some that my wife hadn't read in the mommy books yet. Nice practical lists of what to consider for your birth plan, what questions to answer about your health insurance, etc.

There's also some pretty bad jokes, and a lot of self-promotion for the author's website... but overall it's a fun, quick read, and the sections of good advice really are worth it.

[Elwin Kline · Rating 2 out of 5]

My sister gifted this book to me right after the birth of my daughter.

It's a short read with a few points I didn't agree with the author on, but all in all it was a nice supplemental book to read as a first time father.

I would recommend this book as a secondary/supplement type book for first time fathers. Not as the single sole primary resource of information.

[Kris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had some useful tips. Probably could've been about 200 pages shorter if the author left some of the just do whatever your pregnant partner wants no matter what stuff out. I get the feeling it was written by a woman using a male pen name.

[Lonny Sanford · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book. I liked the tips from other expectant fathers. A lot of good information. If you read one book about what your partner goes through this is it. Feels good to know you are not the only one going through this same thing.

[Amber Dorschel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this for my husband when I was pregnant. It is humorous and I enjoyed it as well.

[Sal · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't read the whole book, but what I did read was great. There's nothing that can fully prepare you for childbirth and being a father, but this book was informative and funny, i really liked it!

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative, enlightening, and still pretty funny. Talks about a lot of things I would not have thought about.

[Craig · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book to be quite informative. It definitely made me think of so much that I know I would have had no clue about otherwise. I would definitely recommend it for all soon to be dads.