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Tables of Contents for So You're Going to Be a Dad
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
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