Being Dad

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Practicing Birth Positions

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Book Extract | Being Dad We will be looking at birthing positions that your partner can adopt to help facilitate an easier birth. You, my friend, will help her with these positions and will need to know them and to encourage her to try different positions as the labor progresses.

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Bonding with baby

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You've been told you are going to be a dad - now its time to bond!

What she shouldn't eat

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Book Extract | Being Dad I’m certain that most women worry more about what they shouldn’t eat than what they should.

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New-dad depression hurts child

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Amy Corderoy Postnatal depression in men could cause ongoing emotional and behavioural problems in their children, according to an Australian study that experts say shows fathers need to be checked for the condition.

Sandler's Big Daddy sex life woes

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Comedian Adam Sandler has opened up about his hardships as a father, revealing he and his wife Jackie are often forced to find unique places to get intimate.

Tips for dad: bonding with kids

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Joseph Kelly Bonding with your kids can be hard, especially with so many modern distractions around. Here are a few tips to keep communications open.

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Being Dad trailer DVD 2

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Being Dad Being Dad 2 is all about the real work - bringing the baby home and coping, as a new family. We follow 6 dads, and gain tips that will help you become a better dad. No doubt.

Being Dad book extract

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An extract from the “Being Dad” book (Allen and Unwin)

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Being Dad: Breastfeeding

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Being Dad Advice and insights into breast feeding baby.

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Making him understand morning sickness.

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Being Dad Probably our finest ever insight for women, at the direct cost of our brethren. Sorry fellas

Fertility checks and pregnancy tests

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Being Dad The Being Dad guys discuss pregnancy tests, sperm checks and insemination techniques.

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Ten Myths about baby making

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Being Dad Given the average couple can take over 10 months to fall pregnant, here are 10 myths on baby making. Baby making sex can be truly awful for both of you if it becomes systemised and a pressured. Make it fun and enjoy the fact this is the last time for a long time that it’s just the two of you.

Sex during pregnancy

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Being Dad Sex during pregnancy is a topic that needs a great deal of consideration, exploration and debate. If there is one thought in that vacuous mind of his, its sex. He’s a man, he’s capable of thinking about sex during a funeral, a football game or during dinner at your parents house.

Sex life during pregnancy

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Being Dad Now she’s up the duff what does that mean for your sex life moving forward? Is she going to be a raging nymphomaniac or a nun? What about you – what can you expect from yourself now that she’s expecting.

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McVeigh tells: I'm so proud of baby Luella

Jarrad McVeigh with his wife, Clementine.

Michael Cowley The Sydney Swan opens up about his grief over losing his daughter, who died last year of a serious heart complication.

Michael Klim: Dad in Profile

Michael Klim at home with his children Stella, Rocco and baby Frankie.

Amber Robinson Michael Klim is a dual-Olympian and father of three.

Dr Andrew Rochford: Dad in Profile

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Amber Robinson Dr Andrew Rochford is a father of three. He talks fatherhood, work and healthy living with EB in this exclusive interview.

DVD & Books

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Who is Being Dad?

Who the bloody hell are these blokes who have penned a book & a series of films?

Famous Dads

Dads in Profile

Well-known Aussie dads discuss the juggle of high-profile careers and fatherhood.

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Losing sleep over a diagnosis

Every night at 7.30 the battle begins. That's when Rachael Allen starts trying to get her daughter Mya, 3, into bed.

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Baby's First Year Guide

This monthly guide to your baby's first year covers development, sleeping, baby care, immunisation reminders, feeding and more.

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