Customer Reviews

Pregnant Man: How Nature Makes Fathers Out of Men

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Does a great job of relating to what the father is going through. Absolutely hysterical and very real. Had both my husband and I laughing every page. Churchwell's research into the role of the father through history and in many cultures provides insight not found in "what to expect" and the rest of that stack. His display of backbone with overbearing hospital staff during labor and delivery is inspiring without being rude. Our copy is getting well-read!

...read this one. Early in my wife's pregnancy, I bought Pregnant Man used for under a dollar; what a deal! It was the most useful and comforting book I read on impending fatherhood, and I have since sent it to several other pregnant (male) friends. Support the author: buy it new!

As a new expactant father, this title caught my eye. I really enjoyed many part of this book. On the other hand, I think the author got a bit too technical when documenting some of his research or discussions he had. He lost me a couple of times while there were other parts that held my interest to the point of not wanting to put to the book done. All in all--- a good effort and a relatively good read!

I read several reviews of several books trying to find a decent book written about pregnancy from the man's point of view. There didn't seem to be much out there and the few books published had mixed reviews. If you are like me you don't necessarily need a step by step manual. What will happen will happen. Besides, there are other books for that (What to Expect) and a zillion blogs/web sites to help you along there. Instead, what this book provides is one man's perspective of his experience with pregnancy coupled with some fairly serious and well thought out theoretical content trying to explain WHY things are happening the way they are.

My wife is reading every pregnancy "manual" under the Sun and she seemed impressed with the information I was able to contribute to our journey as a result of me reading this book. This tells me that there are at least some good tidbits in Pregnant Man you won't find elsewhere.