Reviews for What to expect when your wife is expanding

The average rating for What to expect when your wife is expanding based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-06-26 00:00:00 Patrick Hanlin If you have any intentions or desire to actually be a good father DO NOT SPEND ANY TIME OR MONEY ON THIS BOOK. If you subscribe to that 1950s view of distant fatherhood (as in "oh the child... thats my wife's department") and make your role in the whole thing a joke, then this book might be for you. "What to Expect" is a household name among parenting books so I was very surprised when this joke passed muster. If this is just one big joke, I apologize for my lacking sense of humor. I can't imagine it is that foreign of a concept that I want to be a good, involved parent. What to Expect When your Wife is Expanding (or "WTEWYWIE" as I will refer to it and, yes, it says "Expanding" and it took me several weeks to realize that) seems to hold three truths at the outset: 1) real men have other, more important, priorities than children. There was a big element of pride about going back to do the other "real stuff" like work. Much of the strategy in the book was around shirking boring doctor's appointments and making sure you can avoid all the boring stupid stuff involving supporting a spouse, maintaining a healthy relationship, or bonding with your child. 2) women are really crazy. And pregos are just plain nuts. But shhhhh, you can't let them know that we know. 3) you can always tackle serious issues with humor and then ignore them. Like finances. Here are two MUST HAVE resources you should look into instead of buying this book: Ina May's Guide to Childbirth - - If you and your partner are going to read one book, let it be this one. There is so much that is unavoidably terrifying about childbirth that it is easy to forget what a beautiful natural thing it is that humans have been doing for a LONG time. These stories help normalize the experience and were a great comfort for us to read together. The Expectant Father - - This is what I wanted WTEWYWIE to be. Well organized, TONS of practical advice, and (best of all) it starts on the assumption that you actually want to be a good dad. Some other resources you might look into depending on parental choice and preference: - Happiest Baby on the Block - Science of Parenting - The Longest Shortest Time (podcast)

Review # 2 was written on 2012-11-13 00:00:00 Zach Lisenby I'm clearly not the intended readership for this book, as a lesbian birth mum. I have to admit I actually picked it up because it had a single one star rating in my library's ecollection, and I was curious to see just how bad it was. It was a lot better than I expected. I find the constant gendering tiresome-to-offensive, especially when it's applied to the baby. On the other hand, as someone experiencing an extremely difficult pregnancy, I found the list of month-by-month physical whinges gelled with my experience, and pretty much to my surprise there were several moments I actually laughed out loud. I was pleasantly surprised, all in all.