Summary of Armin A. Brott & Jennifer Ash's The Expectant Father

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The embryo is about eight cells by the end of the first month. It will continue to divide and grow until it is about one quarter inch long, and will have a heart but no brain, and tiny arm and leg buds.
#2 The author had the white bathrobe he was wearing the morning he and his wife found out they were expecting. He remembers feeling excited and relieved. He’d always wanted to have children, and now it seemed that all his dreams were coming true.
#3 After the initial excitement passes, a surprising number of men find themselves experiencing an irrational fear that the child their partner is carrying is not theirs. This is usually because they’re not capable of doing anything as incredible as creating life, and they think someone else must have done the job.
#4 Most women experience relief from morning sickness around the third month of pregnancy. You can help your partner cope by giving her some good news, helping her maintain a high-protein, high-carbohydrate diet, and avoiding fatty or spicy foods that might make her sick.

Sujets

• Parenting

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 08 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669351498
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Armin A. Brott & Jennifer Ash's The Expectant Father
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The embryo is about eight cells by the end of the first month. It will continue to divide and grow until it is about one quarter inch long, and will have a heart but no brain, and tiny arm and leg buds.

#2

The author had the white bathrobe he was wearing the morning he and his wife found out they were expecting. He remembers feeling excited and relieved. He’d always wanted to have children, and now it seemed that all his dreams were coming true.

#3

After the initial excitement passes, a surprising number of men find themselves experiencing an irrational fear that the child their partner is carrying is not theirs. This is usually because they’re not capable of doing anything as incredible as creating life, and they think someone else must have done the job.

#4

Most women experience relief from morning sickness around the third month of pregnancy. You can help your partner cope by giving her some good news, helping her maintain a high-protein, high-carbohydrate diet, and avoiding fatty or spicy foods that might make her sick.

#5

Pregnancy exercise is critical, and it will help your partner keep her weight gain under control and improve her sleep patterns. It will also help her mood and reduce some of the normal pregnancy symptoms.

#6

The basics of good nutrition haven't changed much since you were in elementary school, but now that your partner is pregnant, she needs about 300 more calories a day than she did before. She shouldn't go on a diet, but the fact that she's eating for two isn't a license to eat anything she wants.

#7

The brain of a baby grows at a rate of one thousand new neurons every second from the eighth week of pregnancy until it is born. A high-protein diet may help support this surge in brain-cell growth.

#8

The baby’s bones need calcium, which is found in dairy products and other complex carbohydrates. The mother should drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day, more if she’s doing a lot of exercise or if she’s pregnant during the summer.

#9

Your partner needs to consume at least some fat. She’ll probably get most of what she needs in the other things she’s eating during the day. But no more than 30 percent of her total caloric intake should come from fat.

#10

It makes sense to buy organic, as you can reduce your exposure to pesticides by up to 80 percent by avoiding the worst produce. The Environmental Working Group has a list of the produce items you and your partner should avoid, as well as the ones that pose little or no danger.

#11

There are many things your partner should never do during pregnancy, including smoking, drinking, taking over-the-counter or prescription drugs, and fasting.

#12

Some of the most important things to avoid during pregnancy are caffeine, recreational drugs, certain foods, cat feces, and insecticides, weed killers, and the like.

#13

If your partner is a vegetarian, there’s no reason why she and the baby can’t get the nutrition they need. But if she’s a strict vegan, you should check with your doctor or a good nutritionist for special guidance.

#14

One of the best things you can do for your partner is help her eat right during her pregnancy. If you’re the one doing all the cooking at your house, things won’t change much during the pregnancy. However, if your partner has been making the meals, there are a few things you can do to simplify her life significantly: plan simple, quick meals, do some meal planning, and keep some snacks in the car.

#15

Food manufacturers are not required to label the amount of sugar in their products, so be careful when reading the labels of foods you buy. The first ingredient is always sugar, so if you see an ingredient that you don’t recognize, try something else.

#16

When it comes to ingredients, my rule of thumb has always been that if you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it. Some easy-to-pronounce items don’t belong in your partner’s stomach. While she’s pregnant, keep her away from saccharine, nitrates and nitrites, and monosodium glutamate.

#17

Create your own combination of toppings, including artichokes, olives, and squash, and use a variety of cheeses, such as blue, cheddar, Swiss, and even low-fat cottage cheese.

#18

A delicious and refreshing dish for breakfast, lunch, or dessert. It serves four as a side dish, or two as a main course. It is best when garnished with fresh mint leaves.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The brain of a man experiencing a pregnancy is constantly in conflict with itself. On one hand, he is excited about becoming a parent, and wants to embrace the new responsibilities and changes. On the other hand, he is afraid of getting attached to the idea, in case something goes wrong.

#2

The time between your decision to adopt and the arrival of your child is a psychological pregnancy. You won’t know exactly how long it will take, but most expectant adoptive parents go through an emotional progression similar to that of expectant biological parents.

#3

Going to your partner’s OB/GYN appointments is a great way to become more involved in the pregnancy, and it will reassure your partner that you’ll always be there for her.

#4

Pregnancy is a time for your partner to be poked and prodded. The scariest of all are the tests that detect birth defects, but most are routine. Your partner may also be tested for ectopic pregnancy, a pregnancy that takes place outside the uterus.

#5

The Triple Screen is a blood test that measures three chemicals that may be present in your partner’s blood: AFP, HCG, and estriol. The Quad includes one more substance, Inhibin A. Together they are used to flag potential abdominal wall abnormalities and a variety of neural-tube defects.

#6

There are a variety of genetically transmitted birth defects that affect some ethnic groups more than others. If your family histories indicate that you or your partner may be at risk, your doctor may order you to get additional blood tests.

#7

Prenatal testing is also available to people who, while not considered at risk, have other reasons for wanting it done. Some of the most common reasons are peace of mind, to find out the sex of the baby, and to determine who the biological father is.

#8

The amnio and CVS tests are performed at 9 to 12 weeks to detect chromosomal abnormalities and genetically inherited diseases. The PUBS test is usually conducted at 17 to 36 weeks and is sometimes ordered to confirm possible genetic and blood disorders detected through amnio or CVS.

#9

About 1 to 2 percent of all embryos don’t embed in the uterus but grow outside the womb, usually in the fallopian tube. These are known as ectopic pregnancies. They can be life-threatening if not detected early on, and there’s no known way to prevent them.

#10

Miscarriages happen frequently. They are a sort of Darwinian natural selection, where the embryo or fetus had some sort of catastrophic defect that would have made it incompatible with life.

#11

If you are trying to get pregnant again, prepare a healthy environment for the baby to swim around in and prevent birth defects or other complications. Miscarrying a twin does not seem to have negative implications regarding the health or genetic integrity of the surviving fetus, but miscarrying a single fetus may put your partner at a slightly higher risk of going into preterm labor.

#12

Pregnancy after a miscarriage can bring up a jumble of feelings for both you and your partner.