The Expectant Father

The best-selling and most trusted guide for dads-to-be celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary with a fully revised and updated new edition.

Armin Brott--best-selling author, broadcaster, nationally syndicated columnist, and dad of three--is America's foremost expert on fatherhood. His wisdom--along with the advice of leading obstetricians and researchers, and the experience of hundreds of real-life dads--is collected here in The Expectant Father, the essential guide for dads-to-be.

Brott's reassuring month-by-month overview of your partner's pregnancy gives you the tools you need to support your partner, prepare for the baby's arrival, and take care of yourself during this exciting time. Each chapter covers:

--What's going on with your partner, emotionally and physically

--What's going on with the baby, every step of the way from fertilized egg to newborn

--What's going on with you, as you adjust to the new life stage of fatherhood

--How to stay involved: specific ways you can help (and feel included), from attending birthing classes with your partner to starting a college fund



This extensively revised twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes the latest information on medical developments in areas like genetic screening; the evolving roles of doulas, midwives, and other childbirth professionals; new social pressures facing parents-to-be, including on social media; the status of paternity leave in the United States--and much more.

Illustrated throughout with stress-relieving New Yorker-style cartoons, The Expectant Father is a friendly and readable companion for dads-to-be seeking confidence, guidance, and joy. (Moms will love it, too!)