Pregnancy Relationships

You are about to become a father and you want to be prepared for what's to come. You also want to support your partner through everything. Raising a baby comes with a lot of surprises. The truth is, most parents just rush it. But expecting your first child is a well-researched terrain for which there are many successful tips and strategies.

Barefoot Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * From marriage, infidelity, and the mayhem of motherhood to scandal, tragedy, and illness—three women seek peace and comfort in Nantucket as they cope with life's challenges. Three...

Are you obsessed with your baby's sleep? Do you feel weak because you can't leave him to cry himself to sleep? Do you need to relax more and enjoy being a parent? Parenting expert Pinky McKay offers a natural, intuitive approach to solving your little ones' sleep problems and gives practical tips on how to understand your baby's tired cues, create a safe sleeping environment, gently settle babies and toddlers and feed infants to encourage sleep.

Lorrie Moore meets Ottessa Moshfegh in this darkly playful and subversive debut story collection exploring the many impossible choices that accompany 21st century femaleness. What is the right way to handle an abusive partner? An unexpected pregnancy? A toxic friendship? Chronic unemployment?...

Whether you´re still pregnant and preparing for the postpartum period, or you´ve just delivered your baby, your body has accomplished something amazing: You´ve created a tiny little life. While it´s incredibly exciting to finally hold your baby, now you´re on the journey back to normalcy within your body, and if you don´t know what to expect, this can seem daunting. Luckily, you´ve found us to help!

The principal mission of this book is to provide a simple and easy guidebook with proven tactics to help women tune into their body’s natural “language” and increase their chances of conceiving. The book introduces listeners to The Four Fertility Foes ("The Big Four") that may be compromising their efforts to get pregnant. These culprits—inflammation, insulin, stress, and toxicity—are more persistent in the lives of women today than any pre-existing medical condition. Identifying the issue is an empowering first step to taking action.

Part memoir, part guide, this personal and deeply informative account of one woman's gripping journey through the global fertility industry in search of the solution to her own "unexplained infertility" exposes eye-opening information about the medical, financial, legal, scientific, emotional, and ethical issues at stake.

Are you pregnant and feeling anxious about giving birth? Or maybe you're already a mom and would like to have a more positive birth experience the next time around. Hypnobirthing affirmations may be just what you need. This gentle, holistic approach to childbirth can help you relax and focus on your birthing goals. Listen to these affirmations before you give birth and during delivery as a way to help you relax and relieve some of the tension before your little one arrives.

As a new dad, you'll learn to take care of your newborn while ensuring your partner's recovery. Discover how to balance self-care with your new responsibilities and gain practical tools and advice to excel in your role as a father. Your journey into fatherhood begins long before childbirth, with the effort and care you invest in your partner's well-being.

Motherhood isn’t a journey you have to navigate alone. The Fourth Trimester offers the wisdom, care, and inspiration every mother deserves. Whether you’re a first-time parent or adding to your growing family, this book is your invitation to embrace the postpartum period as a time of growth, connection, and empowerment.

If this is your first time as a mom, then you are probably feeling overwhelmed. Being a mom might seem too much for you to handle right now and no matter what other people say, the feeling of worry just won't go away. If you want to be just one of those moms who doesn't stress about the little things, then First Time Mom's Survival Handbook is the best audiobook for you. Arming yourself with enough information allows you to know what to expect - and prepare yourself for anything.

Expecting Dad: A First-Time Father’s Guide to Confidently Navigate Pregnancy, Support Your Partner, and Get Fully Prepared for Baby’s Arrival is the go-to guide for first-time fathers who want to show up, support their partner, and prepare with confidence—even if they feel lost or overwhelmed. Staring at a positive pregnancy test can bring a flood of emotions: joy, disbelief, fear, excitement. One question echoes for most new dads: Am I ready for this?

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!

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.

In this data-driven birth book, award-winning childbirth writer and educator Henci Goer brings her 30-plus years of experience analyzing the obstetric research to the table, delivering the most thorough synthesis on the market. Yet she structures the book thoughtfully so you can take in information however suits you. Dig into every detail or skip to the summaries. Henci creates a judgment-free zone where you're in the driver's seat. You're the best person to decide what's right for you. Here's your opportunity to get the data. Make a plan. And take charge of your birth.

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.

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

In this beautiful book, trained and experienced doula Gabrielle Nancarrow offers comprehensive information about the birthing landscape that will empower you to choose the right birth for you—whether that be an obstetric, midwife, or home birth. The Birth Space shows us how to prepare our minds and bodies for pregnancy and labor, from conscious conception through to postpartum and into matrescence.

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.

Powerful strategies to unlock your children's potential and position them for academic and career success. According to Jordan Peterson, professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, "If you want to be the best at what you are doing, then having an IQ above 145 is a necessity - maybe pushing 160 in some situations."