Armin A. Brott - The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-To-Be

Facts, Tips,
and Advice
for Dads-to-Be

THIRD EDITION

Armin A. Brott and Jennifer Ash

Abbeville Press Publishers
New York London

To Tirzah and Talya, who showed me how to do it the first and second times, and Zoe, reminded me of just how much fun being a dad can be.A.A.B.

For Joe, Clarke, and Emmy, and my parents Clarke and Agnes Ash, with love and affection.J.A.

Editors: Jacqueline Decter and Susan Costello Copyeditors: Austin Allen and Ashley Benning Production Manager: Louise Kurtz Designers: Celia Fuller and Misha Beletsky

Text copyright 2010, 2001, 1995 Jennifer Ash and Armin A. Brott. Compilation, including selection of text and images, copyright 2010, 2001, 1995 Abbeville Press. All rights reserved under international copyright conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. Inquiries should be addressed to Abbeville Press, 137 Varick Street, New York, N.Y. 10013. Printed and bound in the United States of America.

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Cover photograph by Geoff Sprear
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7892-1077-7
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7892-1079-1

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brott,
Armin A.

The expectant father : facts, tips, and advice for dads-to-be / Armin A. Brott and Jennifer Ash.3rd ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-7892-1077-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)ISBN 978-0-7892-1079-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Fathers. 2. PregnancyPopular works. I. Ash, Jennifer. II. Title.

HQ756.B76 2010

649.10242dc22

2010015973

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