Summary

Dad's Pregnant Too is a witty, wise and considerate guide for expectant fathers. Harlan Cohen, America's only male nationally syndicated advice columnist, presents the best advice from dads and moms on how to make pregnancy a joyous time, while minimizing the discomforts. Each entry contains a tip, stories, and quotes from real expectant dads and moms, plus advice from the author. Topics include: --Pampering Your Pregnant Wife --Let the Swelling Begin --Never Say She's Moody --The Family's Emotions --The Best Things Dads Have Done for Mom (as reported by moms) Unlike other books, Dad's Pregnant Too is fun and engaging without demeaning this special time or making it seem like a chore. For all expectant dads who are excited and looking to make things easier for mom (and for all the moms who love these men), this is their guide.

The Conception
How It Happened Welcome Expectant Fathers Welcome
Expectant Mothers Welcome Health Professionals
How This Book Was Put Together
How This Book Was Researched What Makes
This Book Unique About the Tips and Stories
About the Content and Word Choices Nope
This Isn't a Medical Guide
The First of Many Editions
We Are Pioneers
The First Few Weeks... Shock, Joy, Surprise, and Things You'll Want to Do
The Magic Urine
Reacting to the News
Sharing the News
Who Will Deliver?
Where to Have It
How to Pay for It
Feeding Your Pregnant Partner
The Pregnancy Card
The Doctor Will See You Now Or Whoever Delivers Your Baby Will See You Now
Your First GUYne Exam
The Rest of the Doctor Visits
The Ultrasound
Prenatal Testing
Complications and Second Opinions
Miscarriage Tip
The Baby's Development This Part Has Pictures
The Many Faces of the Expectant Father Inside the Male Mind and Body
The In-Awe Expectant Father
The Rejected Expectant Father
The Accidental Asshole Expectant Father
The Scared Expectant Father
The "Fighting Change" Expectant Father
The Educated Expectant Father
The Always On-Call Expectant Father
The Demoted Expectant Father
The Getting Fat Expectant Father
The Do-It-All Expectant Father
The Protective Expectant Father
The Calm Expectant Father
The Me Too Expectant Father
The Emotionally Reserved Expectant Father
The Not Happy Expectant Father
The Two for the Price of Two Expectant Father
The Adoptive Expectant Father
The Body of the Pregnant Woman Like Puberty All Over Again
The Body of the Pregnant Woman
The Big-Breasted Pregnant Woman
The Vomiting Pregnant Woman
The Feeling Fat Pregnant Woman
The Farting Pregnant Woman
The Hemorrhoidal Leaky Pregnant Woman
The Spotting Cramping Pregnant Woman
The Never-So-Tired Pregnant Woman
The Snoring Restless Pregnant Woman
The Mind of the Pregnant Woman And the Expectant Mother Thong
The Happy Pregnant Woman
The Hormonal Pregnant Woman
The Strong Pregnant Woman
The Cranky Pregnant Woman
The Angry Pregnant Woman
The Irrational Pregnant Woman
The Scared Pregnant Woman
The Nesting Pregnant Woman
The Depressed Pregnant Woman
Spoiling Your Pregnant Partner Helping Her Feel as Good as She Feels Big
Dating a Pregnant Woman
The Babymoon
The Prenatal Rubdown
Maternity Clothes
The Push/Pregnancy Present
Doing the Little Things
Pregnant Sex Having It, Not Having It, Fantasizing about Having It
Pregnant Sex 101
A Guide to Pregnant Sex (Version 1.0)
Men Who Don't Want Sex
Men Who Have Sex Alone
Shopping for Baby Something So Little Needs So Much
Shopping for Baby
The Emotional Purchase
The Perfect Stroller(s)
The Crib, Furniture, and Nursery
The Car Seat(s)
Passing the Time Things to Do During the Second and Third Trimesters
The Baby's Sex
The Name Game
Hanging Out with Her Belly
Hanging Out with the Guys
Ultrasound for Kicks
Unsolicited Advice
Packing for the Trip
Paternity Leave
Labor and Delivery Prep Time Things to Help Prepare You for Labor and Delivery
The Birth Plan
The Birth Class
The Labor Partner
Working the Door
Cord Blood Banking
The Pediatrician
Managing Her Pain
You Run the Show
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Chapter 1: The First Few Weeks ...
Shock, Joy, Surprise, and Things You'll Want to Do

Tip #1:
You can take a pregnancy test yourself, but only hers counts.

THE STORY:
The first four tests she took were all positive, but the indicator strips were extremely light. That's when I took a fifth test to act as a control test to make sure the results were accurate. She laughed at first but generally thought I was an idiot for doing so. She stood next to me as I took the test (she turned away when I peed). After dipping the stick, my wife watched as the indicator light revealed the results. As predicted, the results were a bright negative. For some reason, I had to test it. I just couldn't believe it.
-Scott, daughter 23 months

The lack of control begins with her urine. My wife hoarded her pee-she insisted it was too early to take a pregnancy test and refused to pee on a stick for me. I insisted that even though it was too early, taking a pregnancy test is too much fun to pass up. How many times in our life do we get to do this? I like to think of taking a pregnancy test like being on a game show without the game show music in the background (although next time I think I might play music during the test). The prize is that you get to have a baby (or two or three). I explained to her that it wasn't fair that she was hoarding her urine. She then explained that she didn't want to be disappointed if the test was negative like the previous month's round of testing.

After explaining to her that a negative result is the most likely result, and that it would be too soon to be disappointed because it's so early, she yielded and reluctantly offered me some of her possibly pregnant urine. She then dipped the pregnancy test stick and we huddled around the urine-soaked magic wand.

Pregnancy tests work by detecting the pregnancy hormone hCG. HCG begins to be produced when a fertilized egg implants in the uterus-about 6 days after conception-and then continues to increase during pregnancy. Most pregnancy tests give the most accurate results once hCG reaches high enough levels in the urine to be detected, about one week after a missed period. Early pregnancy tests can be used to tell if you're pregnant up to five days before a missed period. Once we dipped the stick and waited two minutes, we saw what appeared to be the faintest blue line. I bought a cheap test because...I can be cheap at times. The line was so faint it almost wasn't there. It definitely wasn't negative, but it was barely positive. We angled it, we put it under a bright light, dipped it in the urine cup on the counter-still, we thought the results
were unclear.

I then peed on one of the sticks to see if they were defective (surprisingly a number of guys do this). Fast forward 15 minutes, and I returned home from the drugstore with three deluxe digital home pregnancy tests. She peed again, we huddled again, and then, the word pregnant flashed on the screen. We took another test and it said not pregnant. She then took another digital test from a different manufacturer, and the results flashed pregnant. We figured two flashing pregnant sticks meant that she was really pregnant.

I've heard that tests rarely ever give false positives. (hCG levels can vary from day to day, which can make someone have a positive test one day, and then a negative test the next.) So a positive result normally means that you can be pretty sure she is pregnant. My wife took another test with hermorning pee, and we were 100 percent positive. Four cheap tests and three digital tests later (a total of $75 worth of sticks), we finally believed she was pregnant. So much of pregnancy is about facing the unknown and accepting your lack of control. As a man, we don't even have control over the test-that's how little control we have from day one. But if you accept this fact and embrace the reality that you will experience an incredible amount of surprise during pregnancy-some surprises difficult, but most extremely good-you quickly learn how to get comfortable with the uncomfortable right from the start.

THE BOTTOM LINE:
Put your urine away and go with her flow. There's no controlling the future even if you pee on a control stick.

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