- Paperback: 219 pages
- Publisher: Jodere Group (March 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1588720608
- ISBN-13: 978-1588720603
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #777,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the television show Growing Pains, Thicke portrayed Hollywood's notion of the ideal father. In his book, he ventures into real-world fatherhood, chronicling the pregnancy of his second wife, Gina. It's not his first turn at fatherhood, so he's able to examine how the process has changed in recent years: home ovulation kits, home pregnancy tests, child birthing classes, an empathy belly contraption tied around the father's waist to simulate the travails of carrying a baby in the womb. Thicke offers humorous tips on preparing for parenthood by, for example, smearing peanut butter on furniture. Then he begins a month-by-month guide through pregnancy from a decidedly male perspective. The prototypical woman he uses (presumably Gina) is a whiner with every conceivable stereotypical pain and discomfort of pregnancy and attitudes to match. Thicke entertains a scenario of a pregnant woman president negotiating with some global trouble spot--"Estro-Babe" with her finger on the hot button. But much of his material is funny, and some of it is serious. It actually is a guide through fertilization, gestation, and birth. Thicke offers a barrage of statistics: the cost of a lifetime of child rearing, the connection between birth weight and juvenile diabetes, the fact that 20 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Interspersed throughout the book are little celebrity quips on pregnancy and child rearing, including insights by Cuba Gooding Jr., Bill Maher, and Kathie Lee Gifford. Of little practical use to pregnant women but others might find it useful and amusing. Vanessa Bush
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Thicke and his friends, including Kevin Costner, Jason Alexander, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Wayne Gretzky, share their nine-month war stories with fathers-to-be, preparing them for the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Most entertaining of the expectand dad books!,
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This review is from: How Men Have Babies: The Pregnant Father's Survival Guide (Paperback)
Funny and informative. Bought this for hubby but of course read it first. Thicke is in great comedic form, lots of interesting facts, and although he has lots of physiological/medical info it's not overwhelming...Also a very quick read- laughed aloud alot and then passed it on to my better half.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just what the doctor ordered!,
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This review is from: How Men Have Babies: The Pregnant Father's Survival Guide (Paperback)
After reading so many books that are filled with facts, statistics etc. It was REALLY fun to sit down with a lighthearted book that really made me laugh. I already knew the odds of a pregnant woman over 40 giving birth to a baby with Downs Syndrome, and why it's not OK to drink while you're pregnant. This is not the reason I went to a book by Alan Thicke. If you just need to be entertained and relate to the stories he tells, buy this book!
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I thought this book was funny and interesting,
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This review is from: How Men Have Babies: The Pregnant Father's Survival Guide (Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book. We as woman know what we are feeling those 9 months of pregancy, its nice to see it from a man's point of view. It was fun to compare Alan's experience to that of my husband's. I think it takes a lot of courage for a man to put his pregancy thoughts and fears down on paper for the world to read. This book just show's another talent of the multi-talented Alan Thicke.
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