Someone once told you your job at the scans is to hold the hand and smile. It isn't. These appointments are moments of information, decision, and sometimes worry, and the partner who turns up prepared changes what happens in that room. This book walks you through every antenatal appointment from the booking visit to the final checks before birth: what each scan actually looks for, how to read the abbreviations on the screen without becoming an amateur clinician, the questions worth asking in the brief window you get with a midwife, and what to do when a screening result comes back less straightforward than you hoped. You'll learn how to track the details that matter, how to support your partner's autonomy at every turn, and how to stay genuinely useful when the news is difficult — because your calm and your questions have a real effect on how she experiences care. Written for fathers, co-parents, and partners in every kind of family, this is the practical companion you wish the midwife had handed you. Part of The New Father Library.
About the author
Roderick Wexley Lockridge writes for The New Father Library.
