Here's the press release and contact details for my first book to be published in March 2010. You'll be able to see the cover and even extracts soon... once I've mastered website design. But if you want to find out more about the book, drop me a line at rob.kemp@blueyonder.co.uk
THE EXPECTANT DAD'S
SURVIVAL GUIDE
Everything You Need To Know
ROB KEMP
Published by Vermilion on 4th March 2010, £10.99
An accessible, practical guide for the father-to-be about pregnancy, the birth and the first six weeks.
Gone are the days when anxious expectant fathers were left chain-smoking in a small room, awaiting news from the maternity ward. Today they attend antenatal checks, road-test buggies and even sit in the birthing pool waiting to cut the cord. Every year 500,000 men become dads for the first time. 86% now attend the birth of their child. These are unprecedented times. Is it any wonder they get a little anxious during the 9-month gestation period?
The Expectant Dad's Survival Guide tells every dad-to-be all he needs to know about his partner's pregnancy, the birth, the first six weeks -- and how it will impact on him. It will answer every question he finds himself asking from paternity leave and financial planning, to the difference between an epidural and episiotomy, and 'how do we have a conversation that isn't about the baby?'
Backed up with expert advice from male midwives and obstetricians, and delivered in a light, informative tone, this essential guide will be the book a bloke reaches for when he needs to gen-up on this life-changing event.
Rob Kemp is a freelance journalist, editor-at-large for dad's magazine FQ and contributing editor to Men's Health magazine. He has written articles on the subject of pregnancy and fatherhood for a number of other national titles including the Guardian, Pregnancy, Baby and You, Pregnancy & Birth, Mother & Baby and Sainsbury's Fresh Ideas among others.
For further information please contact Jenny Rowley in the Ebury Press Office
0207 840 8758/ jrowley@eburypublishing.co.uk