Excellent and highly recommended!, 20. August 2006

My daughter is pregnant and I know very well what her husband and she are going through. As a marriage consultant and sexual therapist I strongly advised them to buy and this book because it is a great source of information for a father-to-be. I do NOT think that he should just follow his gut instinct and hope that he will do everything properly. It is a very important and responsible role to be a father and I would never advise anyone to jump blindly and unprepared. Mr. Brott is an expert in this field and gradually describes an entire role model for a father-to-be. He is very involved, loving, caring, supportive and always nearby. This model is very different from the stereotypical model of a father-macho whose role is to make sure that there is food on the table and the bills are paid. I am very happy that this book will really help you to be an example of an involved husband and father-to-be. The last thing your pregnant wife will want is a clueless husband who doesn't understand what's going on with her, the baby and feel anxious about the future. This book provides a lot of advice about financial planning and puts everything in a perspective which I think is very important for a man. Probably you will find some parts of it "obvious" but they will reassure and calm you down that what you do is right. Anxiety is one of the worst enemies and this book will successfully help you to keep it under control. I strongly recommended to my daughter in addition to this book to buy "Scientifically guaranteed male multiple orgasms and ultimate sex" by scientist Ritz. Pregnancy is a tough period for sex. That's why you may feel bad or even rejected from the serious decrease in your intimate contacts. Ritz made a breakthrough with the discovery of "The VIP Muscle", which generates multiple orgasms in men with or without a partner. That's why my daughter's husband was very happy and calmed to receive from her that book. Now he reads Ritz's book, "enjoys daily multiple orgasms alone" according to my daughter and prepares for "ultimate sex" after the delivery. That's why I highly recommend both books!

      Go to doc/midwife visits...and not look like an idiot, 19. Juli 2000

This book is excellent for providing a survey of "what's going on" during your wife's/girlfriend's pregnancy. Each chapter, which basically covers one month of the pregancy, is short enough to actually be able to get through (!) while still touching on all relevant topics. For example, in the labor and delivery chapter, he covers much of the various terms you hear but maybe are confused about (epidural, episitomy, VBAC, etc.), but in a way that doesn't take forever to read. Basically, it will familiarize you with all the key issues of pregnancy in a terse, enjoyable--and sometimes moving--way.

       For an expectant father who wants to participate, 19. Juni 2000

During our first pregnancy, I read all my wife's book for child birth, pregnancy, and even breastfeeding. I would like to participate in all aspects. Although our excitement toward the pregnancy were the same, some detailed (sometimes trivial) emotional reactions I had were very different from what my wife may have had. The author honestly reported many complex feelings wondering in a expectant father's mind. This book echoed a lot of my personal thinkings and enhanced my intuition and belief in my participation and actually, help in the whole process.

      Did you have a really, really, hard time in school?, 3. Juni 2000

Do you need to take off your shoes to count to eleven? Do you get a headache from thinking too hard when your boss asks you to use the "alphabetical order"? Is that first question on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" always a stumper?

THEN THIS IS THE PERFECT BOOK FOR YOU!

       Breath of Fresh Air, 26. Mai 2000

Found this book helpful, to the point and well written. I am giving it as a gift to my friends who will shortly become parents. Specially appreciate the author's humor. I was somewhat taken aback by other reviews I read here (several of which seem to have been written by the same angry person)which express the "fathers are unnecessary" point of view. Perhaps they are trying to sell their own books. I found that I had a lot of questions -- some simple and some not so simple -- which this book dealt with in a straightforward way. Although this was our first pregnancy, we'll be saving this book for the next one.