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The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy (Paperback)

by Jon Smith (Author)
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  • Paperback: 254 pages
  • Publisher: Hay House Inc (Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 140190288X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401902889
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 501 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #2 in  Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Pregnancy & Childcare > Pregnancy & Childbirth
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This book takes a 'warts and all' sensible yet humorous look at the many stages of pregnancy. It explores the changes, physical and emotional, that any man can expect to see in his partner and in their relationship over the coming months. Becoming pregnant involved two people. The rearing of a child will involve two people; there is every reason that your partner's pregnancy should also involve the two of you, together. For any man that has been put off reading pregnancy books because he doesn't feel he was the intended audience or that something about the tone of these books was alien to him, yet he still has questions that need answers; then The Blokes' Guide to: Pregnancy is the book he's been looking for. As a father himself, Jon Smith realized, when his partner Lisa became pregnant that there was nothing out there that he could relate to. The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy is the result. Jon takes a comical yet informed look at the ups and downs of life as a father to be. Guaranteed to educate you while making you laugh out loud!


About the Author

Jon Smith lives with his partner Lisa and their daughter Alia, in Bedford, England. He has previously taught English as a foreign language in South Korea. After teaching, Jon joined the Internet industry for five years; working for Amazon.co.uk as a project manager. Jon also writes Children's fiction, mainly for 8-12 year-olds. His first children's novel Toytopia was published in 2003. Jon is currently Managing Director of a UK Poetry Publishing Company, Impress.

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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An estimable foray into the world of masculine perplexity, 29 Jun 2004
As the only male nurse in our obstetrics dept' I contantly find myself being asked for advice & information from expectant fathers to be.
Even when it is one of my more than competent female colleagues that is more directly responsible for caring for the mother.
It seems that many F's2b, most of whom have already read significantly through the plethora of information out there, still hanker for a more familiar 'masculinely voiced' interpretation of what is happening to their partner (and themselves!)
At last someone has written one & one that manages to be anecdotally humourous and medically accurate at the same time.
I would and do recommend this book to any new F's2b aswell as to recent fathers, like me, who would enjoy an entertaining read.
My only gripe with the book is that I didn't write it first!
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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A guide for blokes and birds, 12 Jun 2004
I thoroughly recommend this book to any man (not necessarily a 'bloke') who is about to embark on that most auspicious of journeys, and even to those already hitching a lift.

Because doesn't it feel like that? That we're just along for the ride? We've done our bit now what? Every step after the 'big news' is greeted with a reaction rather than expectancy. Sure we get insights from our better halves from the multitude of guides, journals, pamphlets and advice targeted specifically for them but what about us? Huh?

The BGtP is written by a bloke specifically for us blokes with testimonials from blokes. It lays it the scenarios, facts and details in plain English with relevance to our emotions (yes we have them), financial and biological position.

I confess that I read this book in retrospect of my offspring and wish that it had been available when I was getting ready for my first; it would have had me prepped for a few of the more 'grittier' moments that you sometimes don't get in the ladies' 'Mills & Boon' guides. I wish I'd had it for my second because, seasoned as I considered myself to be, it still would have had me better prepared (no pregnancy is the same).

Therefore, upon reading, I had the luxury of hindsight and was able to laugh out loud at the wit and the sheer ridiculous situations that pregnancy can bring rather than snigger uncomfortably at what the future might hold.

This guide will help any man to better understand what his partner is going through and help those expectant women to better understand how emotionally crap and actively impotent their men could be.

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Expectant Fathers! We are no longer alone, 18 Feb 2004
By Andrew Zazzi (peterborough, cambs United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy was like a relevation to me. At last there is someone out there brave enough to tackle the emotional rollercoaster that is parenthood from the male perspective. Both informative and witty, Smith's prose reveal an understanding of what it is to be an expectant father with empathy and alacrity. Quite simply chaps this book will provide answers to all those questions you have but are afraid to ask.

A well rounded and timely first work

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good for men
This is a very funny, honest book written for men by a man. Hubby hasn't sat down to read it yet but the chapters I have read are very funny and make an easy read for a man... Read more
Published 20 days ago by schlaus

4.0 out of 5 stars Belly Laughs
Not so sure about a definitive guide, but atleast it was a good read!. I found this book to be very funny in parts and that generally it wasn't to be taken too seriously. Read more
Published 27 days ago by C. Treen

4.0 out of 5 stars Review on behalf of other half!
I've not read this book but it was reccommended to me by a friend who had been given it as 'all he needed to know as a bloke going through pregnancy with his wife'. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nicky

2.0 out of 5 stars Buy this if your man is himself a baby and cannot wrap his head around the responsibility of parenthood
The finest thing I ever did was to become a Dad. My wife and I decided we wanted a baby - we tried and voila, there she was 9months later. Magic. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Guy Incognito

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book for 'fathers to be' that I have read
I've read a few books written for father's-to-be, but this has been the best by far. It's made me laugh, cry and everything in between. Read more
Published 1 month ago by fozzie

4.0 out of 5 stars Seems to be a good buy
I haven't read this book myself but my husband seems to really enjoy reading it. He keeps giggling and reading lines out loud to me. It looks like it was a good buy.
Published 2 months ago by Jacynta

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Women too!!
I actually bought this book for my husband based on the reviews I had read. I never expected to find this book more readable than any of the "wishy washy" pregancy books I bought... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Grace Horrix

4.0 out of 5 stars Made us laugh
My son in law loved this book - funny and informative. Terrific for the prospective 'Daddy'.
Published 3 months ago by maria

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun, interesting and informative read !
This book gives an informed perspective of what the "father" is to expect during the 9 months of pregnancy. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. I. J. Brown

2.0 out of 5 stars Highly variable
This is a book written for blokes who (a) didn't want a baby in the first place and/or (b) would rather be out with their mates. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Adil-smith

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