On a big journey into the unknown, you need people who have been there, who know the practicalities, as well as the emotions, new and strange, that go with it.   This book of men telling the stories of their children’s births is a gift; an unbelievable resource with more trust, honesty and helpful information than you might find in a hundred years of conversations.

— Steve Biddulph, best-selling author of Manhood, Raising Boys and The Secrets of Happy Children.

Men don’t talk about birth.  Certainly not easily and so much of their knowledge about birth comes from television portrayals of birth — screaming women, sirens and panic.

Such images are untrue for the great majority of births.  But what is the reality?  In Men at Birth, thirty-three men tell their stories.  These stories reassure, educate and prepare men for the birth of the child. 

Research shows that well prepared men, support their women well and this leads to an easier birth and better bonding by the man with his baby and his partner.

Everything is covered — there are births in hospitals, birth centres and at home.  There are stories about women who have had previous caesarean sections and choose this time to have a vaginal birth.  There are stories about breech births, episiotomies and inductions as well as completely natural births.  Each story is intimate, personal, emotional and victorious and shows the true value of a supportive bloke at the birth.

What would you like to do?  Click on the link below.

• Order Men at Birth [this will take you DV Books Book Store].

• Read a sample story from Men at Birth

• Read the Men at Birth checklist

• Contact the editor of Men at Birth

• Read about the editor of Men at Birth

• Get the publishing details of Men at Birth