Pregnancy Relationships

Prepare yourself for the sudden twists and turns of fatherhood with this personal account of a father-of-three who tells it like it is. The First-Time Father is filled with honest guidance from a father who’s been there (three times!), made every mistake possible, and survived to tell the story. Now you can step into fatherhood with as little stress as possible.

Becoming a mother can be one of the most rewarding experiences in your life. Through all of that, your body and emotional state can go through a lot of changes. Learning how to navigate your way through the feelings you may be experiencing after childbirth and through the childhood years can take a toll on your mental and physical state. Taking care of yourself is not just a luxury, it is a necessity for being the best parent you can be. Feeding your mind, body, and soul with simple meditation, nourishing foods, and exercise is a must for new and seasoned moms.

Mothering is as old as human existence. But how has this most essential experience changed over time and cultures? What is the history of maternity - the history of pregnancy, birth, the encounter with an infant? Can one capture the historical trail of mothers? How? In Mother Is a Verb, the historian Sarah Knott creates a genre all her own in order to craft a new kind of historical interpretation. Blending memoir and history and building from anecdote, her audiobook brings the past and the present viscerally alive.

If you want to get your mind and your money right in a mansplaining-free environment, the Rebel Mamas are here to help. Get Your $hit Together is the antidote to all those boring financial planning audiobooks you don’t want to listen to. With honesty, humor and genuine encouragement, the Rebel Mamas teach you how to make smart decisions about your money (or lack thereof), stay sane and become empowered. With hot tips (and pics), quizzes, sensible tactics and clear advice, the Rebel Mamas will help you—because the only thing better than self-care is economic freedom, baby!

You watched with anticipation and awe as the test strip changed from white to pink, and thus began the awesome adventure of becoming a mother. Whether you're filled with elation, trepidation, or a combination of both, Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul will offer you inspiration as you prepare for this exciting, life changing event!

¿Sabías que el miedo al parto es un miedo aprendido y se puede desaprender durante el embarzo? Vivir tu embarazo con seguridad, confianza y sin miedos es posible. Mantener la calma y sentirte segura es imprescindible para que el parto progrese de manera natural y para tomar decisiones desde la calma y no el miedo o la pasividad. Gana confianza en tu capacidad de dar a luz y reemplaza tu miedo y ansiedad sobre el parto por confianza y seguridad. Este audiolibro es para ti si deseas darle el mejor comienzo a tu bebé y tener el mejor inicio a la ma-paternidad en cualquier escenario.

In Better Breastfeeding, Dr. Linda Dahl presents a new paradigm for breastfeeding based on diagnosing and treating mothers and babies using anatomy and physiology, offering a comprehensive overview of how breastfeeding works, why it fails, and what to do about it. Dr. Dahl takes you through the basics of breastfeeding in a week-by-week guide and explores solutions for little-understood difficulties like gape restriction and tongue tie, nipple and breast pain, issues with milk supply, or abnormal nursing behaviors.

Ghostbelly is Elizabeth Heineman’s personal account of a home birth that goes tragically wrong—ending in a stillbirth—and the harrowing process of grief and questioning that follows. It’s also Heineman’s unexpected tale of the loss of a newborn: before burial, she brings the baby home for overnight stays.

Being a mum is an incredible journey, a remarkable experience that changes how we look, how we feel, who we are. As mothers we are strong, protective and proud. We feel a love like no other. But being a parent can be hard, too. It challenges us physically, mentally, emotionally. There are the days where just managing to fit a shower in amidst the endless feeding, entertaining young children and surviving on a lack of sleep feels like an achievement.

When actor, director, and author Laura Prepon first became a mother, she felt raw, full of stress, and blindsided. She sought out resources to help navigate this huge life transition, but only found books about childcare with almost nothing on the shelves about momcare. So, Laura decided to write the book she was looking for.

Did your partner just hit you with that big “p-word” and now you’re suddenly realizing you have no idea what you’re supposed to do about it? Are you excited and terrified at the same time and really thought you’d be more prepared for this than you currently feel? With the right awareness, a month-by-month guide to empower your choices, and some powerful insight into what is actually going on with your woman and developing child, you’ll soon find yourself knowing exactly what to do with these inevitable curveballs. You’re going to knock it out of the park, man!

When you find out that you are expecting twins, you are in total shock. Your mind races with a million questions and you start to stress out about what to do to get ready. This guide will help you be prepared and ready to tackle life the next several months without having to wade through a lengthy book you don't have time to listen to. It is perfect for the expectant twin dad, whether your twins are your first and second children or ninth and 10th.

Many families find themselves feeding their baby a combination of breast milk and formula - either by choice or through circumstance. In this book, you will find: how to choose, prepare, feed, and store formula, how to switch between at-breast feeding and topping up in ways which can help to reduce the chances of bottle preference, quick glance “how to combi-feed” sections for many scenarios, ranging from not wanting to breastfeed in public or to give Mum an occasional “night off” to regular daily bottles due to weight gain worries or long-term medical conditions, and more.

I’m assuming you’ve picked up this book because you’re either curious about having kids, you’re currently up the duff, or you’re stumbling through the early days of parenthood with a mattress-sized sanitary towel between your legs wondering what the hell has just happened. That, or you’re killing time in WHSmith, waiting for your flight to Ibiza. You lucky bastard.

New fatherhood is a stressful time. Your partner, who’s growing an entire new human, needs you now more than ever. There’s a lot to prepare before the little one arrives. And soon, you will have this entire new little person who will rely on you for literally everything.

For years dog trainer Michael Wombacher has worked with expecting dog owners to prevent problems between dogs and children. He has also unfortunately witnessed too many families forced to surrender their beloved family companions because they failed to prepare the dog for the arrival of a new family member. In Good Dog, Happy Baby, Wombacher lays out a 12-step process that will give families the skills they need to navigate this new era of their lives.

Penguin presents the audio edition of Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan, written and read by Rebecca Schiller. Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan is a revolutionary new guide to pregnancy and childbirth that puts the power firmly in your hands. It won't tell you what fruit your baby resembles week by week, but it will cover the huge shifts happening in your relationships, body, work and emotional life right now, giving you practical tools, tips and real stories to help you make a plan that is uniquely yours yet flexible enough to accommodate whatever your pregnancy, birth and life throw at you.

A Harvard-trained obstetrician-gynecologist, a prominent blogger, and author of the classic How Your Baby Is Born delivers a timely, important, and sure to be headline-making exposé that shines a light on the natural parenting movement and the multimillion-dollar industry behind it.

So, you’re getting ready to become a first-time dad. Do you know what to expect? There are a lot of pregnancy books out there, but the majority of them are aimed towards moms. Let’s be honest—they are the ones giving birth, but it would be nice if dads had a good idea of what they could expect. That’s why this pregnancy book for first time dads is what you need. Just thinking about the pregnancy week by week seems daunting, but there's nothing really to worry about when you have support, something which this book aims to provide.

You’re expecting your bundle of joy, and you want to make sure you’re giving your baby the best possible start, and there is so much information out there. Where do you begin?In this bundle, a modern guide to a healthy pregnancy, the author shares heartfelt advice and encouraging words, busts the many myths of pregnancy, gives you an in-depth nutrition plan, and helps you ensure a healthy pregnancy for you and your baby.