Breathe
Simon & Schuster (Verlag)
978-0-7432-1970-9 (ISBN)
After diligently performing his marital duties at times of peak ovulation, Mason Brown and his wife conceived and he entered the nether world of the expectant father. Buried in books and gifts for his wife and baby to be, Brown soon recognised the shell shocked look of other men drifting through maternity shops, and he decided to write BREATHE. Full of useful tips on picking a doctor (no palm trees on diplomas); baby showers (how not to become a gibbering idiot, when forced to appear); and overcoming fears (go ahead, hold the baby, it's a chick magnet!), BREATHE also introduces Brown's Law of Conception, which posits that the odds of conception are inversely proportional to the desirability of conception. While high school virgins are all but guaranteed to conceive, married men who want kids are doomed to weekends in fertility clinics.
Mason Brown is a managing editor at NationalLampoon.com. He is also the author of the bestselling business humor book Who Cut the Cheese? He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, his three-year-old son, "the boy,"and a one-year-old daughter, "the girl."
Contents
Foreword: A Word from the Doctor
Preface: A Word from the Author
Introduction
PART I -- GETTING STARTED
On Deciding to Become a Father
Trying to Get Pregnant
Are You Pregnant?
PART II -- NINE MONTHS AND COUNTING
Establishing Paternity
Finances
Choosing (and Working with) Your Practitioner
The Best Odds Diet for Men
Prenatal Care
Sex During Pregnancy
What's Going On in There? Understanding the Trimester System
Your Wife's Mental Changes Throughout Pregnancy
The Working Mother
The Gender Dilemma: Should You Find Out the Sex of Your Unborn Child?
Naming Your Baby
The Baby Shower
Preparing the Baby's Room
Birthing Classes
What to Bring to the Hospital
PART III -- D-DAY!! LABOR AND DELIVERY
Making the Decision to Go to the Hospital
Driving to the Hospital
You Made It to the Hospital. Now What?
The Final Push
C-Sections
It's A...live
Picking a Room
PART IV -- AFTERBIRTH
Keep Baby Off the Grid!!
The Great Circumcision Debate
Other Body Modification Rituals
The First Days Home
Postpartum Depression: Hers and Yours
Birth Announcements
Day Care Providers
Television and the Younger Child
Out with the Old, In with the New: The Second Baby
Developmental Milestones
Appendix: A List of Recommended Baby Books
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.9.2002 |
|---|---|
| Illustrationen | Joe Oesterle |
| Zusatzinfo | 20-30 illustrations t-o |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 191 mm |
| Gewicht | 186 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schwangerschaft / Geburt | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7432-1970-8 / 0743219708 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7432-1970-9 / 9780743219709 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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