Cheers to Childbirth

For more than a decade, Aussie dads have prepared for fatherhood with this best-selling childbirth book. And pregnant women are reading it too. This here is the best childbirth book as recommended by midwives, obstetricians and expectant couples all over Australia. It tells it to you straight, without the fluff, all wrapped in down-to-earth birth stories from the trenches of birthing units and home birth pools all over the country.This childbirth book is the must-have handbook for expectant dads and other support people.Childbirth can be a daunting prospect for men who are usually overlooked when it comes to birth preparation. Yet, when it comes to the big day, they are expected to know exactly how to support their partner through what can be the most physically challenging and emotionally charged event in their whole lives. Birth is not a spectator sport and support partners have a profound impact on their partner's birth experience. This book is not a text book style of childbirth book - it is conversational in style yet gets right to the point. Discover how to help your partner have a faster, easier birth. Learn what to say and what not to say during childbirth; understand how to adjust your support for each stage of labour; find out what to expect from a Caesarean birth, even if you're not planning one because one might be planning you.This childbirth book was written especially for dads-to-be (and any other support people) to give them exactly what they need to know to be involved in the birth of their baby in the best way possible. This how-to handbook also includes birth stories from men who've been there before and learned the hard way. And sometimes the funny way. Always the hands-on way.