How to Be Pregnant Father [Illustrated] [Library Binding]

Peter Mayle (Author), Arthur Robins (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1978

Includes advice on the best way to start pregnancy, with tactics for the bathroom and the breakfast table, solutions to morning sickness, coping with cravings and sex during pregnancy. A hospital survival kit is included. Peter Mayle is the author of "A Year in Provence" and "Baby Taming".

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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From the Back Cover

Inside the Pregnant Father: The best way to start your pregnancy Tactics for the bathroom and the breakfast table A pocket-sized solution to the morning sickness problem Coping with cravings How to preserve your sex life The Pregnant Father's Cookbook Labor pains, true and false A complete hospital survival kit The nicest way of predicting your unborn baby's sex How to cash in on triplets Getting a birthday present from Uncle Sam Three ways to help your wife get back in shape --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Peter Mayle is also the author of the national bestsellers, Where Did I Come From?, A Year In Provence, Toujours Provence, and A Dog's Life. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Library Binding: 56 pages
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart Inc. (January 1, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818402458
• ISBN-13: 978-0818402456
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 10.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,006,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dated and not all that useful, July 31, 2001

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Stephen Cords (Brockton, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Be a Pregnant Father (Paperback)

At one point in the narrative the author recommends that you read some of your wife's pregnancy books to get an idea what's going on. That is the best advice this book has to offer. Read another book.

I found most of what was advised here to be dated and not all that useful given the changing roles in modern America. Most men do not need to read hints on how to make canned soup and the recipe for "Tuna Chowder" made my wife's stomach churn when I read it out loud. The entire chapter on what to do while in the waiting room seems superfluous in contemporary society where the husband accompanies his wife during the delivery.

There are some good words of wisdom peppered through the 1950s mentality though. Let your wife know you love her and that she's attractive. Get involved with the process right from the start and... and.....

Sorry. That's about all I could glean from this thing. I just saved you ten bucks.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the Busy Dad-to-Be, December 12, 2000

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"[e-mail]" (Shiprock, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Be a Pregnant Father (Paperback)

I bought this book for my husband shortly after we learned I was pregnant. I read it first and thought it was perfectly short and direct for the first-time and somewhat-frightened busy father-to-be. My husband didn't read it until after our baby boy was born. At which point, enraptured by our son,he read it from front to cover and tried out all the recipes included during my first couple of weeks home. The recipes are simple, but really, really delicious. He still refers to it for certain dishes. My bet is that he will read it again, but at the beginning of my next pregnancy -- not the end of it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very bad information--should get relegated to the trash pile, May 16, 2006

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B. Warren "luckeyx" (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Be a Pregnant Father (Paperback)

I actually had checked this book out of our local library when we found out my wife was pregnant. The advice is so dated and bad (mind you, it was first published in the 1970s) that it can only be treated as bad humor as opposed to information. It advises you to take your wife out for one last alcoholic fling when you find out she's pregnant, offers advice that is no longer relevant for the birth, and really bad cooking advice. It does not reflect any current knowledge and could give a guy a very wrong idea about what to expect. May it go out of print!