Pregnancy Relationships

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!

Seventeen-year-old Veronica Clarke never thought she'd want to fail a test - that is, until she finds herself staring at a piece of plastic with two solid pink lines. With a college-bound future now disappearing before her eyes, Veronica considers a decision she never imagined she'd have to make: an abortion.There's just one catch - the closest place to get one is over nine hundred miles away.

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.

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.

Pregnancy is beautiful and natural! In this guidebook, we spend some time talking about the holistic approach and how it can do wonders for your journey into motherhood. The holistic approach is a way of thinking that allows women to go through their pregnancy in a natural and healthy way by making decisions which are aligned with mother earth, such as diet, medicine, supplementation, exercise, and much more

Breastfeeding is natural, but it is not entirely instinctive for either mothers or babies. The Nursing Mother's Companion has been among the best-selling books on breastfeeding for over 30 years, with over 1,000,000 copies sold. It is respected and recommended by professionals, including The International Lactation Consultant Association, T. Berry Brazelton, and The American Academy of Pediatrics, and is well loved by new parents for its encouraging and accessible style.

Simple and practical advice to help new dads, and dads to be, stay involved in your child's life! From conception through the 9-month of pregnancy with your wife or partner this simplified and well-researched summary, Victor Shaw shares his knowledge and experience in a men-to-men-like approach!

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.

The Pregnancy Massage audiobook will give you both the theoretical and practical knowledge you need to provide safe, relaxing, and beneficial prenatal massage to expectant mothers.

Women today want to have it all; they not only want to have their own lives outside of the home and the workplace, but they want a healthy, stable relationship, to excel in their careers, and some also want to become mothers. This change in our cultural outlook, and the expansion of options for women, has led to record numbers of women deciding not to have children at all, to wait until later in life to get married, or to start trying to conceive a child.

This audiobook is filled with 900+ tips that doctors, who are also mothers, used during their pregnancies and births. They're experts squared! To create this audiobook, we spoke with 60 doctors who are also mothers; we call them Mommy MD Guides. The 900+ reassuring, trusted, and often even humorous tips in this audiobook are presented in the Mommy MD Guides' own words, and each tip is clearly attributed to the doctor who lived it.

At 53, Kevin Nealon thought he had it all: a massive international celebrity with legions of loyal fans; a fabulous modeling career; hundreds of millions of dollars in the bank; and the most recognizable face on the planet. Nealon had accomplished the impossible: a 30-year career in show business with only limited trips to rehab. But just like every other celebrity, he felt that was not enough. The perpetually insatiable Nealon wanted more, and for him "more" meant a little addition that drooled, burped, and pooped (no, not a Pomeranian).

Birth Story Pregnancy Guidebook + Journal is a one-of-a-kind discovery into your pregnancy that provides you education through storytelling. I’m excited to be your virtual doula on your journey to motherhood, along with Dr. John Thorp, a leading OBGYN with more than three decades of superb clinical research and academic service. Through our collaboration, Dr. John Thorp has ensured all material in Birth Story Pregnancy Guidebook + Journal is medically accurate and evidence-based.

Declan and I are a match made in hell. I’m a carefree artist. He’s an arrogant CEO. We couldn’t be more wrong for each other. Never mind how perfectly his Navy SEAL shoulders fill his Armani suits. But my free spirit lifestyle doesn’t pay the bills. So when he offers me a windfall to play his fiancée and save his company, I agree. And no, his panty-melting smile has nothing to do with it. Faking an engagement with Mr. Cocky isn’t so bad. Especially when he proves bigger really is better. But then I go and do something crazy. (Even for me.) I fall for my fake fiancé.

A much-needed antidote to our modern, assembly-line approach to childbirth, this new book is designed as a guide for all who wish to participate in the wondrous process of bringing new life into the world. Its ideas derive from two sources: the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, with its emphasis on body, mind, and spirit, and the latest Western scientific prenatal research.

Feeling overwhelmed by fatherhood while your partner is expecting? You’re not alone. Many first-time dads worry about doing the right thing, balancing work and home life, and being truly supportive during pregnancy. This practical guide cuts through the noise and gives you exactly what you need to show up, stay involved, and support your partner with confidence.

Every minute, 267 babies are born around the world. And behind each one is a mom adjusting, healing, and trying her best in a world that often forgets to ask, “How are you actually doing?” This audiobook is here to change that. The Essential Postpartum Care Toolkit is your calm and supportive guide through the tender season of early motherhood. With honest guidance and a whole-body approach, it helps you care for yourself while caring for your baby.

Many women know, and research confirms, that having an experienced female birth companion who is neither a health professional nor a part of their social circle can have a tangible positive effect on their experience of childbirth. Why Doulas Matter is a comprehensive discussion of how a doula can offer expectant and new parents information and practical and emotional support to improve their experience with birth and early parenting.

An indispensable guide to the revolutionary advances in pregnancy and childbirth. After decades of research into how babies develop in the womb, Susan J. Fisher, PhD, shares her expert advice to empower expecting parents. Complete with helpful illustrations, practical tips, and the essential questions to ask health-care providers, here is everything you need to take charge of your health and your baby’s.

Aileen Weintraub has been running away from commitment her entire life, hopping from one job and one relationship to the next. When her father suddenly dies, she flees her Jewish Brooklyn community for the wilds of the country, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a man who knows a lot about produce, tractors, and how to take a person down in one jiu-jitsu move. Within months of saying "I do," she's pregnant, life is on track, and then wham! Her doctor slaps a high-risk label on her uterus and sends her to bed for five months.