How To Be A Pregnant Father
By Peter Mayle
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· The best way to start your pregnancy
· Tactics for the bathroom and the breakfast table
· A pocket-sized solution to the morning sickness problem
· Coping with cravings
· How to preserve your sex life
· The Pregnant Father’s Cookbook
· Labor pains, true and false
· A complete hospital survival kit
· The nicest way of predicting you unborn baby’s sex
· How to cash in on triplets
· Getting a birthday present from Uncle Sam
· Three ways to help your wife get back in shape
Peter Mayle
Peter Mayle spent 15 years in the advertising business before escaping in 1975 to write books, including his bestselling A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence. His work has been translated into 17 languages and he has contributed to a variety of newspapers and magazines. He lives with his wife in Provence.
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How To Be A Pregnant Father - Peter Mayle
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CONGRATULATIONS!
UNLESS you’re reading this book under false pretences, you have just become a pregnant father. Traditionally, this is a time in a man’s life when he becomes a rather uneasy background figure, hovering on the fringes of the great event. From time to time, catalogs of baby’s clothing and equipment may be thrust under his nose; or his opinion may occasionally be sought on the size and design of the crib or the baby carriage.
But in between helping to conceive the child and giving out cigars at the other end of the process, very little attention has been paid to the man’s side of pregnancy.
And, most definitely, there is a man’s side.
For the first-time father, pregnancy can be puzzling, tiring and sometimes hurtful, and a frequent strain on the patience and the digestion.
The most unsettling fact to face is that your dear, familiar wife will change. She will change not only in shape, but also in disposition. She will be subject to uncharacteristic moods and fancies, often following one another with confusing speed.
She smiles, she weeps, she feels ravenous or bilious, she wants company, she wants solitude – all in the course of the same day and quite possibly even before lunchtime.
You, sir, have months of this to cope with.
Whether you have a good pregnancy or a miserable one depends largely on your attitude. If you’re prepared to become a player in this nine-month event rather than just a spectator, you’ll enjoy it. Furthermore, you’ll make things a lot easier for your wife.
This book is based on the assumption that you actually want to join in. And the best time to do that is at the very beginning.
The most crucial period in setting the mood of your pregnancy is now; your behavior during these first few pregnant weeks is vital. This, unfortunately, is a problem. Because once the initial excitement has died down, the chances are that you’ll start to worry.
Can we afford it? Do we need somewhere bigger to live? Supposing it’s twins? What happens to the vacation we’ve planned? Will we have to get rid of the sports car? Will we have to get rid of our sex life? Complications ! Hospitals ! Doctor’s bills ! Midnight feedings ! No more lazy Sunday mornings ! No more freedom ! No more parties ! Panic ! Help !
Calm down. These are the worries that beset almost every pregnant father, and you will find that they can be resolved quite comfortably over the next nine months.
In the meantime, your wife needs all the attention you can give her. She, after all, is trying to get used to the idea of carrying a small human being around inside her, which is an infinitely more unsettling experience than anything you think you’re going through.
So in these early stages, keep your neuroses to yourself. If you start worrying out loud, your wife’s going to think you don’t want the baby. And if she ever starts thinking that, you’re both going to have a bad pregnancy.
Of course, your wife may bring some of these things up herself. If she does, by all means talk them over with her. But if all she wants to do for the first couple of weeks of pregnancy is talk about the joys of parenthood, don’t spoil it for her. You have nine months to sort out the practical details. A few days dreaming about your genius offspring will do