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The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy

Author: Jon Smith
Publisher: Hay House Inc
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

48 reviews
Sales Rank: 211

Media: Paperback
Pages: 254
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.8

ISBN: 140190288X
Dewey Decimal Number: 618
EAN: 9781401902889
ASIN: 140190288X

Publication Date: March 2004
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Finally a book for men! November 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I bought this book for my husband when I found out I was expecting our 1st baby. He found it really useful and informative, but highly entertaining at the same time. It answered the types of questions guys have, without all the girlie stuff they don't really need to know.

5 out of 5 stars

the truth... September 2, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

I read this book a couple of years ago and loved it. I've just bought it for a friend who is going through the experience for the first time and I was surpised by the recent reviews. The book is called `the bloke's guide to pregnancy'. Surely the title spells it out? This isn't a medical journal, it's a pregnancy guide for men to read and understand. I found it helpful, honest and realistic.

If you want the sugar-coated guidebooks read something written by a woman or a doctor. If you want a more realistic viewpoint, read this.

1 out of 5 stars

Are you having a baby with a cave man? August 22, 2007
9 out of 11 found this review helpful

Well meant book with a few interesting points in it, but I think you'd be better off getting a more informative publication that both of you could share.

This book quite patronisingly assumes that your bloke is a caveman, with zero sensitivity. If this is the case, and you did find yourself on the Jeremy Kyle show three weeks after meeting, then buy it.

If not, there are far more intelligent publications out there that a 21st Century Father-to-be can enjoy.

3 out of 5 stars

Made me laugh! August 11, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I bought this for my husband but also ended up reading it myself. It does go through a lot of information but not in any detail like you would find in the various pregnancy 'bibles'. I felt it does stereotype the guys a little but I have to say it did make me chuckle a fair bit when I read it - yes I recognised myself in his descriptions of mood swings etc! If you are after a what to do guide this is not for you.

3 out of 5 stars

better than nothing...but only just July 28, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful

It's slightly easier having kids these days. Pregnancy hasn't changed, but the books have. I had my two kids quite a few years apart, and for all its faults, I wish books like this had been around when I was having my first child. Yes, I agree with those reviewers who found it too superficial and stereotypical at times. And yes, like a lot of pregnancy books aimed at men, it adopts an irritating bloke-ish or laddish tone that resembles no man I've ever met. But, even if you can't trust every word, The Bloke's Guide focuses the mind on important subjects, and contains some useful information.

Among the shelves of dadlit available these days, I'd say this isn't the best or the worst. To prepare you for the emotional roller coaster, From Here To Paternity is brilliant...From Lad to Dad is amusing...and, in my opinion, for what it's worth, You're Pregnant Too Mate is the worst book ever written. Best of luck to you.