A guide for expectant fathers

From the back cover: "For the man about to start the most important jump of his life, [this book] is full of practical and common sense advice".

Examples include: being part of the birth process, hopes and dreams for your child, understanding what fathers need, etc.

Family, work and self

From the back cover: "Being a Father offers valuable insights for those men who want to share the parenting of their children equally.

They touch on topics such as balancing work and family life, co-parenting after divorce, sexuality, fathers at birth, fathers as men, and fathers as sons.

How to become the kind of father you want to be

How to have a better relationship with your children, how to talk to your children about difficult subjects like sex and drugs. How to resolve conflicts.

"...shows fathers how to understand what a child is trying to say even when the child himself doesn't exactly know."

16 fathers write about their experience of fatherhood.

From the back cover: "16 Australian men from all walks of life talk about the rewards and pressures, the decision to have children and the birth itself, sexuality and changing relationships, traditional expectations, and juggling work and family life. Fathers provides a voice for Australian men."

Australian men reveal their stories of this special relationship

From the back cover: "the stories are funny, startling, moving and thoughtful, as 18 men from all walks of life explore what their fathers meant to them - and in many cases what they, in turn, might mean to their children."

The Shadow of Loss

From the back cover: "For most women the first significant man in her life is her father. He is protector, provider, balance to her mother's love. A young girl forms many of her opinions and impressions about life according to the relationship she has with her father. Yet in today's society, children are increasingly brought up in the absence of any paternal figure..."

A timely exploration of the way ‘masculinity’ has been formed, as well as examining the historical and contemporary upheavals that have made a re-evaluation of men and their roles in the 1990’s such a necessary task

How do men feel when they are diagnosed as infertile? How do they cope?

How men feel about such things as the discovery of their infertility, the desire for fatherhood, how they cope with the consequences of their infertility. Sections on D.I. Also a look at openness versus secrecy. This is an extremely popular book for DCSG members — highly recommended!

Booklet which looks at physical examinations, laboratory evaluations, testicular biopsy.

Goes briefly through a variety of surgical treatments, medical therapy, does not discuss D.I.

(We have 2 copies available)

How the male body runs and what to do if it breaks down. A general medical & social book for men, briefly covers infertility.

From the back cover: "This informed and sympathetic guide to men's health is a book that every man should own (and every woman who cares about the man in her life). It provides detailed information for on-site maintenance of the average male: in bed, in the bathroom, at the table, at the doctor, in marriage, in crisis, in mid-life and after."

Manhood: The Big Gig

From the back cover: "Young men who read this book will learn how to be strong, how to be honest, how to confront their fears. They will understand how to deal with men and women, parents and teachers, male friends and female friends. They will get a sense of the integrity that every true man needs."

From the back cover: "here is the first guide written especially for unsuspecting Australian males who know little or nothing about parenting but are keen to have a go.

A book that explodes the myths - a tough, uncompromising, no-holds-barred, no beg-your-pardons look at fatherhood, from the sperm that started it all to the sleep deprivation you'll suffer as a consequence."

He's what every expectant father should be!

From the back cover: "Here at last is a practical, informative handbook of advice for fathers-to-be.

Author Sally Smith examined hundreds of surveys to find the most common queries, problems and anxieties which face apprehensive fathers awaiting the arrival of their first child."

Fertility and Genetics Beyond 1999

The Plenary proceedings of the 11th world congress on IVF and human reproductive genetics.

This book has many interesting papers that were presented a the congress, recommended:

Psychosocial impact of infertility on men - by Rupin Shah

• The pressure to have a child - biological, social and religious, pleasure of parenting and security
• The impact of male infertility on the man - depression, confusion, stress and loss of control; Potency, virility and self-esteem; Therapy-induced sexual dysfunction; Loss of self-confidence and decision-making, guilt, loss of genetic continuity
• The Impact of the female partners reaction
• Impact of Female infertility on the male
• The Clinician as counselor - semen collection, discussion of the semen report, sexual instructions, evaluation of the male, involving the man in his partners evaluation and therapy, breaking bad news
• Counseling - need for male counseling, lack of communication, inadequate support, unresolved issues, isolation, grieving
• Integrating counseling into infertility therapy - through information pamphlets, at information meetings, using educational videos, periprocedural counseling, mandatory counseling