So You're Going to Be a Dad

by Downey, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781555612412
• ISBN10: 1555612415
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-22
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

Lighthearted but serious advice for the father-to-be.

Author Biography

Peter Downey teaches high-school English in Australia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Author's Note	x
Preface	xi
Beginnings
Sex and Its Side Effects	1	(4)
Morning Sickness	5	(1)
Confirming the Obvious	6	(2)
And Now, the News	8	(5)
How Do Ya Feel?	13	(2)
Let's Go Public	15	(2)
Myth Busting	17	(3)
Congratulations	20	(3)
Pregnancy
Sugar and Spice	23	(2)
Internal Growth	25	(5)
Here's to Her Health!	30	(1)
Decisions, Decisions	31	(6)
Ultrasound	37	(3)
Life's Little Changes	40	(3)
More on Sex	43	(1)
Of Possums and Men	44	(3)
Getting Ready
Facing the Facts	47	(3)
Working in a Coalmine	50	(4)
Nesting Urge	54	(2)
Equipment	56	(15)
Get an Education!	71	(3)
To Plan or Not to Plan?	74	(5)
What's in a Name?	79	(3)
To Cut or Not to Cut?	82	(1)
To Jab or Not to Jab?	83	(1)
When You Least Expect It	84	(3)
Surviving the Hospital
A Brief History of Labor	87	(2)
Should I Be at the Birth?	89	(1)
But What's It Like?	89	(2)
Lights, Camera, Action!	91	(3)
Zero Hour	94	(3)
Before Birth	97	(6)
Birth	103	(2)
After Birth	105	(2)
In the Silence	107	(1)
Bonding	108	(1)
Celebrating	109	(1)
Take It Easy	110	(2)
She's Got the Blues	112	(2)
Guests	114	(1)
Get Ready---They're Coming Home	115	(1)
The Calm before the Storm	116	(3)
Surviving at Home
Food for Thought	119	(1)
The Times, They Are a' Changing	120	(2)
Bosoms and Bottles	122	(2)
The Ultimate Torture	124	(8)
Do Not Feed the Animal	132	(2)
Diapers	134	(6)
Splish Splash	140	(1)
Out and About	141	(2)
Let's Party	143	(3)
Step Right Up!	146	(5)
Secure the House	151	(3)
The Truth about Cats and Dogs	154	(2)
Something Else to Think About	156	(1)
Even More on Sex	157	(2)
Some Advice	159	(1)
One More Thing	160	(3)
The Last Word	163	(2)
Glossary	165	(27)
Appendix 1: Parent Education Films	175	(5)
Appendix 2: What My Friends Had to Say	180	(12)
Resources	192	(1)
Index	193