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Becoming A New Dad Or Father

What do you need to know about being a new dad?

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Just for Dads: Helping Out

What you need to know: While it’s true that she’s having the baby and she’s the one whose belly is growing, there’s lots for Dad to do during this exciting and sometimes confusing time.

www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/362_757.asp

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Upside: Detailed advice on how dads can help during pregnancy and after birth
Downside: Small, light color font

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Expectant Dads

Are you about to be a new dad? Or maybe you know someone who is? Then you've come to the right place. This section of our site is chock full of new dad tips and advice for a new father.

www.babycenter.com/fatherhood-tips

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Upside: Articles, advice and postings for dads-to-be

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Conception, Pregnancy & New Parents

Berkowitz, Richard L., Donald R. Coustan, and Tara K. Mochizuki. Handbook for Prescribing Medications During Pregnancy. Little, Brown & Company, 1986.

www.familycare.utoronto.ca/library/resource01.html

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Upside: List of pregnancy and fatherhood books
Downside: Lots of scrolling; small font

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How do you get men to come into your programs and keep them

coming? What are the obstacles that prevent men from being involved? Why should you get men involved? The Center for Successful Fathering presents a year long series of high energy, father-friendly, ...

www.fathering.org/PSF.asp

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Upside: Sells program for successful fathering
Downside: Limited access to free information

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tips for a first-time dad

So you're going to become a father. Now is not the time to panic. You've got lots of time to get used to the idea, before that new life you helped create, arrives to join your own. These tips for a ...

www.thefunkystork.com/articles/dads_to_be/tips_for_a_first-time_dad/

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Upside: Detailed article with specific advice and links for expectant dads during pregnancy
Downside: Several ads

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New Dads Resources

Have you just become a dad? Through natural means, by adoption, or by marrying into a single parent family? In any case, there is a significant adjustment period for new fathers.

fatherhood.about.com/od/newdadsresources

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Upside: Various articles for soon-to-be and new dads
Downside: Very busy page

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Good advice for a new dad.

If you could tell a soon-to-be dad anything, what would you say?

ask.metafilter.com/41075/Good-advice-for-a-new-dad

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Upside: Various postings with advice for new dad
Downside: Long, hard to read

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tips for a first-time dad

So you're going to become a father. Now is not the time to panic. You've got lots of time to get used to the idea, before that new life you helped create, arrives to join your own.

www.thefunkystork.com/articles/dads_to_be/tips_for_a_first-time_dad

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Upside: Short article with tips for first-time dads
Downside: Limited depth

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Husband's Role In Pregnancy

If you are going to be a dad for the first time in your life…that too within nine months, expect how your reactions would be. You can not explain, right. That is the great wonder of 'being a father'. ...

pregnancy.ygoy.com/parental-relations/index.php

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Upside: Some helpful information on what husband's can do during each trimester of pregnancy
Downside: Text heavy page with limited depth

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Becoming A Dad: A Spiritual, Emotional And Practical Guide

Preparing to be a dad has more to do with bravely facing the deep questions of your soul than mastering the mechanics of baby care (although, that's really important too).

www.amazon.com/Becoming-Dad-Spiritual-Emotional-Practical/dp/0976035731

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Upside: Site selling book for expectant fathers; positive reviews
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