My wife just had her first pregnancy doctor’s appointment and I am feeling under prepared. I am looking for worthwhile and hopefully empirically based books about pregnancy and parenting. I normally have no problems doing my own research and scourging the library to find out what I need but there’s so much it’s overwhelming.
So what books have you all read that are worthwhile? What is worth looking at?
We had a lot of help when my daughter was born, but when she was a little older and we were more on our own, my librarian wife read a bunch of books, and I went with “don’t do with what my parents did.” It seems to have worked out for both of us, but for me more than for her. I feel like leaning in on the idea that we’re 50% genetically identical and trying to see things from that perspective works better than “well, the book says X…”
I love to read many different valuable books so I can get some diverse ideas to come up with. If you can get some suggestions from your librarian wife that’s what I’m looking for
I will talk to her and see what she says.
Thank you. Reading things helps me feel calmer and like I am preparing.