What's Your Pregnant Man Thinking


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Pregnancy won't be the same after reading What's Your Pregnant Man Thinking?. It presents the similarities and differences between expectant Moms and Dads. It explains that knowing these differences can produce a lasting relationship..that will endure for 50 years. This book describes the expectations, changing, challenging and sometimes baffling behaviors, of first time expectant fathers, a foreign and often misunderstood territory filled with myth and misunderstanding. What do men think about during the nine months of pregnancy? What are their concerns and worries? Are they worried about "real" things related to the birth of the baby? Why do some men stray from their relationship and have affairs during this time? Why do some men lose themselves in work, to old friends, hobbies, habits, and almost anything to avoid pregnancy which is when their partner needs them most. How can you detect and avoid your spouse or partner's destructive behavior? Are men more prone to violence with their partners during pregnancy? What changes in behavior are normal for fathers during pregnancy? How frequently do pregnancies result in separation or divorce? Are there early warning signs that a couple's relationship may be in trouble? How can you test and know the strength of your personal relationship? How can you make the pregnant relationship the best you've every enjoyed in your life? What's Your Pregnant Man Thinking? provides readers with a roadmap to understanding the windfalls and pitfalls of their new adventure of having a family. It will help every expectant couple understand their needs during pregnancy and give them a commanding lead toward achieving their dreams as parents. As every pregnancy begins with hope, Dr. Rodriguez fulfills this hope by opening new insights, encouraging tolerance, and providing an understanding of the signs and steps to follow for a blissful tomorrow. Studying the behavior of expectant fathers and couples for over 25 years, the author presents the yearnings, dreams, exploits, confessions, and challenges of expectant fathers during pregnancy. As he clearly writes, they feel deep emotions about the pregnancy. Couples feel deep emotions toward one another. They feel passion for their lives and futures. Each father and couple expressed the wish that they had known more about themselves, their expectations, and how to meet their partner's needs. What's Your Pregnant Man Thinking? grants their request.




Pregnant Man


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Gordon Churchwell's wife is pregnant. Immediately, she swings into action, buying baby clothes, toys, and supplies, and consulting a never-ending stack of pregnancy books. Gordon? He's having an out-of-body experience. Pregnant Man is the hilarious and touching story of Gordon's nine-month evolution from clothes husband to birth partner and coparent. Along the way, this regular guy stumbles across some amazing discoveries that are important to both sexes. Starting with hi sown morning sicknesses, Gordon finds out the researchers have long documented that many men have pregnancy symptoms. The latest scientific findings also reveal a male hormonal response that helps them empathize with their partners and prepare for fatherhood.




The Pregnant Man


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A Guy's Guide To Pregnancy


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Every day, four thousand American men become first-time dads. There are literally hundreds of pregnancy guidebooks aimed at women, but guys rarely rate more than a footnote. A Guy's Guide to Pregnancy is the first book to explain in "guy terms" the changes that happen to a guy's partner and their relationship during pregnancy, using a humorous yet insightful approach. Future fathers will find out what to expect when they enter the "Pregnancy Zone." They'll discover the right and wrong answers to Trick Questions like "Do I look fat?" They'll also learn baby-shower etiquette ("It's sooo cute!"), the truth about sex during pregnancy (yes, you can touch her) and Boys' Night Out (negotiate it), plus delivery room dos (stay upright) and don'ts (complain about missing the big game). A Guy's Guide to Pregnancy is designed to be guy-friendly -- approachable in appearance as well as content and length. It is divided into forty brisk chapters, one for each week of the pregnancy. Frank Mungeam is the executive producer of local programs at the ABC-TV affiliate in Portland, Oregon, supervising the Emmy-nominated daily live talk show AM Northwest and the series Parenting in the 90's. Mungeam combines his years of expertise as a communicator and his personal experiences as an expectant dad to create a humorous yet helpful guide for guys.




The Pregnant Man


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This book is a most exciting and unusual study of cultural history. The idea of the pregnant man, redolent of bawdy jokes and sexual fantasy, has inspired European literature and folklore since ancient times. Traces of the theme, both comical and disturbing, are found not only in the wealth of tales from Italy, France, Germany, Russia, Finland and other European Countries, but also in the Hebrew and Islamic traditions.




The Pregnant Guy


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The Pregnant Guy is a humorous look at pregnancy from a male perspective. It aims to provide a road-map to childbirth for the half of the population that has trouble asking for directions. Every expectant dad departs on a nine-month mystery tour to somewhere he has never been, probably never planned to go, and from where he cannot ever return: Parenthood. And men are never ready. Most of us are still too happy behaving like a child to consider actually having a baby. But as long as it involves sex, we're willing to give anything a try. Sure, it's the woman that gets pregnant, but it's the guy who has to live with a person whose hormones are permanently set one notch below rage and who has more mood swings than the Glenn Miller band. Now at least there's some help. A book about pregnancy and childbirth written for the guys, by a guy.




A Pregnant Man Second Edition


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I was able to experience thing during my wife pregnancies that most men have never or will ever experience. I got to experience some of the symptoms that women go through during pregnancy. In my opinion, it was a wonderful experience and I am so grateful that I have an extremely strong connection to my wife to share in her symptoms of her pregnancies.




Labor of Love


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A woman transitioned to a man with her ovaries and birth canal intact. As a result, he was able to be pregnant as a man.




From Here to Paternity


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Frank, funny, and insightful, this recollection of one man's experiences during his wife's pregnancy reveals the day-to-day reality and emotional turmoil of his journey into fatherhood. The male perspective on pregnancy, which is often overlooked, is revealed as the author reflects on the effects of the pregnancy on his relationship, his changing and often conflicting emotions, his declining sex life, and his insecurities about becoming a father. By sharing his joy, sense of wonder, fear, and anxiety, the author paints an illuminating portrait of what to expect when having a baby.




A Pregnant Man


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Have you ever wondered if men could experience pregnancy? Let me take you on a journey on my pregnancy train.