So you're going to be a dad /
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| Author / Creator: | Downey, Peter, 1964- |
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| Edition: | North American ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, ©2000. |
| Description: | xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11034868 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Note
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Beginnings
- Sex and Its Side Effects
- Morning Sickness
- Confirming the Obvious
- And Now, the News
- How Do Ya Feel?
- Let's Go Public
- Myth Busting
- Congratulations
- Chapter 2. Pregnancy
- Sugar and Spice
- Internal Growth
- Here's to Her Health!
- Decisions, Decisions
- Ultrasound
- Life's Little Changes
- More on Sex
- Of Possums and Men
- Chapter 3. Getting Ready
- Facing the Facts
- Working in a Coalmine
- Nesting Urge
- Equipment
- Get an Education!
- To Plan or Not to Plan?
- What's in a Name?
- To Cut or Not to Cut?
- To Jab or Not to Jab?
- When You Least Expect It
- Chapter 4. Surviving the Hospital
- A Brief History of Labor
- Should I Be at the Birth?
- But What's It Like?
- Lights, Camera, Action!
- Zero Hour
- Stage 1. Before Birth
- Stage 2. Birth
- Stage 3. After Birth
- In the Silence
- Bonding
- Celebrating
- Take It Easy
- She's Got the Blues
- Guests
- Get Ready--They're Coming Home
- The Calm before the Storm
- Chapter 5. Surviving at Home
- Food for Thought
- The Times; They Are a' Changing
- Bosoms and Bottles
- The Ultimate Torture
- Do Not Feed the Animal
- Diapers
- Splish Splash
- Out and About
- Let's Party
- Step Right Up!
- Secure the House
- The Truth about Cats and Dogs
- Something Else to Think About
- Even More on Sex
- Some Advice
- One More Thing
- The Last Word
- Glossary
- Appendix 1. Parent Education Films
- Appendix 2. What My Friends Had to Say
- Resources
- Index