About Becoming “Dad”, A Pregnancy Guide for Dads
This book is a thoroughly researched and cleanly organized guide for dads to understand their partner’s needs and challenges, navigate their own life changes, and transition into fatherhood with confidence.
However, you already know what to expect in a book of this nature; pregnancy symptoms, weekly growth of baby, costs of childbirth, your role in pregnancy, etc. So rather than explain it, I’ll show you an excerpt:
“You must give 100% of yourself. Give all of yourself without expecting anything in return.
This is the only guaranteed path to a successful marriage and family. If you limit how much you’re willing to do for your family, you place restrictions on your love.
Your love becomes conditional if you expect things in return for your sacrifices. Instead of giving freely because of love, your familial interactions become business transactions. You exchange one good deed for the price of another good deed.
If your love is conditional, others can not confidently expect you to love them when they don’t meet your conditions. They will live with some fear and trepidation, knowing your love will falter if they blunder. They’ll conceal parts of their lives and their hearts.
People are not perfect. If you set expectations for what others should contribute to a relationship, and they don’t live up to those expectations, it will cause dissonance. This conflict can fester and worsen until it becomes large enough to create wedges in relationships.
If you and your partner can both give 100% of yourself to each other while expecting nothing in return, you will find happiness and joy in your family. Some days, your 100% will be more than other days. Some days, your wife’s 100% may be less than what you give. If you feel your wife is not giving 100%, you can’t think, “this isn’t fair,” because now you expect something in return, and your love becomes conditional. It’s not about what you give compared to others; it’s about if you’re giving everything.
Giving 100% of yourself is the only way to confidently guarantee relationship success.”
If you’re still unsure if this book is for you, email me at jjlowry.father@gmail.com, request a sample, and I will send you the first three chapters of the book free!
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Author Bio:
I am a father and a husband from the Seattle area! I love my family and do all I can to ensure their happiness!
When not with my family or working as a nuclear engineer, I pursue my endless list of passions. I love the outdoors and find joy in hiking, rock climbing, and backpacking. I spend an hour every day learning Japanese, with the intention of moving there eventually. I am an avid fantasy fan and enjoy world-building for TTRPGs with my friends.
My current goal as an author is to provide my Pregnancy Guide for Dads as a free resource to at least 1,000 doulas nationwide. There aren’t enough resources for new dads, and I aim to give back to that community, starting with ensuring all doulas have the resources they need.