https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 22:11:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53729 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:09:42 +0000 sorrycharlie 53729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you guys! Just stumbled upon Birth partner for 3.50 at Burlington coat factory!</p> <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: hmm..maybe I'll download a sample of the mayo clinic. I can understand not wanting the alarmist type of info..I haven't been super impressed by week by week..I think I want more pictures, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53593 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:00:06 +0000 lavender 53593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH went out and bought this one the day after my bfp:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Expectant-Father-Advice-Dads---Be/dp/0789210797/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1326812359&#038;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Expectant-Father-Advice-Dads---Be/dp/0789210797/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1326812359&#038;sr=1-1</a></p> <p>He said he was a fan and liked it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53475 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:57:55 +0000 DigAPony 53475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin is very popular.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Partner-Complete-Childbirth-Companions/dp/1558323570/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&#038;coliid=I1HKV7XMY2DKD3&#038;colid=38V4RN3MS9FZ0" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Partner-Complete-Childbirth-Companions/dp/1558323570/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&#038;coliid=I1HKV7XMY2DKD3&#038;colid=38V4RN3MS9FZ0</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53441 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:41:37 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 53441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine read one called "The Expectant Father" that he liked. </p> <p>@sorrycharlie: I hate What to Expect! LOL. Kinda condescending and alarmist, though maybe I'm oversensitive. I had the app on my phone and did not find it cute when it started joking that there should be beeping noises anytime I backed up. Ugh. Highly recommend the Mayo Clinic guide and Great Expectations, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53394 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:15:47 +0000 pastemoo 53394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: This ROCKS. There is also the baby manual (looks like a car manual) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53335 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:05:27 +0000 chopsuey 53335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought DH this when we found out we were having a girl.<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Fathers-Daughters-Secrets-Father/dp/0345499395/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1326762314&#038;sr=1-1-catcorr" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Fathers-Daughters-Secrets-Father/dp/0345499395/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1326762314&#038;sr=1-1-catcorr</a><br /> It was a GREAT book. I read it too. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53332 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:59:01 +0000 mediagirl 53332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We read Be Prepared. A Practical Handbook for New Dads. I really liked it, so did he. It's funny but educational. </p> <p>@MegWag: I do that all the time with my husband! When I'm reading a book, I usually see if he's up to learning and then read him what I find interesting. I always read him my weekly stats. "this week, your baby is the size of a bell pepper." ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53313 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:27:57 +0000 tejbee 53313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read Girlfriend's Guide already and it was pretty good. I read sections of it to DH. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53309 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:21:56 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 53309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My partner read "Girlfriend's Guide". I think he was horrified the whole time, but he says it gave him a completely different (and more sympathetic) perspective on pregnancy than he otherwise would have had. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53306 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:18:50 +0000 MegWag 53306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was really disappointed in the selection when I looked. It seemed like so many books targeted to men were either from a "joke" perspective and/or assumed that the man was an idiot.<br /> I find that what works best is when I read stuff and then say "Huh..." Then my husband will ask what's so interesting and I'll just read a section to him :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53301 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:07:45 +0000 tejbee 53301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am interested in hearing the answers to this also. I bought a book for DH about Husband Coached Childbirth: The Bradley Way (or some such similar title) because he said he is interested in being my birth coach and scoffs at the idea of a doula, but I don't know how much of it he's flipped through yet (we aren't even pregnant yet, so there's plenty of time to find the best books). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-for-expectant-dads#post-53296 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:51:16 +0000 sorrycharlie 53296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Men of the hive, or ladies, can you recommend a good book? DH really wants one of his own to read.</p> <p>I bought Your Pregnancy Week by Week and plan to buy What to Expect. </p> <p>Thanks in advance! </p>