Tips for pregnant women

Mother has a baby inside her belly

by Lars Daneskov

This picture book is fun to illustrate and easy to understand for children aged 3 and up.

Here the child gets an easier understanding of what is actually happening to mum and what else a baby is doing inside the tummy. There's plenty of room for a lot of talking and laughing - including when they find out that the baby pees in the water and drinks it too!

The baby in mother's womb

by Anna Herzog

This picture book is about Oskar and Mia, who are going to be big brother and big sister. It is aimed at children aged 5 and over.

In the book, the two children ask innocent questions about sex and pregnancy. For how did the baby get into the mother's womb? And what are the differences between boys and girls?

The book is written in collaboration with doctors.

There's a baby in mama's belly

- your own thick book about becoming a big brother or sister

by Kim Fupz Aakeson, Eline Sigfusson and Hanne Kvist

This book contains a total of 8 little stories about becoming either a big brother or a big sister. It can be used from the age of 3.

Several authors have come together to share their stories of what it's like to have a baby. The book thus includes examples of joy, frustration, pride and jealousy.

Is this where they fuck?

by Nikoline Werdelin and Maise Njor

This book is absolutely brilliant when you as a parent suddenly have to answer the hard questions about how children are made.

It is an entertaining and educational read-aloud book for children aged 5 and up.

It is about a mother, father, Frederik aged 5 and Marie aged 8 - they are soon to have a little sister. Along the way, the children ask questions about the whole situation with their mother's big belly and her little sister on the way.

Willi becomes big brother

by Inger Tobiasen

This picture book is for children from 2 years old and deals with the idea of becoming a big brother.

It's a funny story about Willi, who wants a little brother, but gets a little sister. It has fun activities and allows children to have fun and learn at the same time.

When Canute came out

by Jesper Manniche

This book helps guide children through the natural approach to pregnancy and birth.

The book can be read by children of all ages, but they will each benefit in their own way.

The book is based on a home birth, but it can also be used by those who give birth in hospital.

In addition to teaching children about birth, body, mind and love, it also provides the mother with little information to help her have a positive birth.

Pregnancy calendar for men

by Sanne Lykke

This calendar helps the father-to-be through pregnancy week by week - from the man's point of view.

Pregnancy focuses a lot on the fetus and the mother, but here the focus is on you as the father.

The book can be used as a calendar, read out in one long run or used as a reference book.

You're going to be a dad - and you've got 40 weeks to figure it out

by Thomas Oldrup

This book is humorous and easy to read, filled with personal stories and accounts from Thomas Oldrup himself and other men.

This book is divided into 40 weeks, so you can follow along week by week and be well prepared for what awaits you as a father-to-be.

The book also has the factual information about what happens week by week to both the female body and the fetus.

Father on the move

by Lars Daneskov

Dad on the Move is a user's guide for the father-to-be or a brand new dad. It is a reminder of how important it is to be there and how important their voice is, even if the new mother has something else to say.

It's a poignant and entertaining tale of what it's like to be a father and how to cope.

Dad's ABC

by Jens Blauenfeldt

This is the book for the man considering fatherhood, the father-to-be or the toddler dad who thinks he's the only one standing in shit for shoulders.

An honest, personal, funny, wry, provocative and endearing book about what it's like to be a dad.

The book is entertaining and incredibly honest - a must have on the bookshelf in the family as a father's rescue guide.

Helen's book for dad

by Helen Lyng Hansen

She is known as the Net Health Nurse and in this book she talks about the importance of becoming a father and all that a father can contribute.

The focus is usually on mother and child, but becoming a father is very important.

The book helps with attachment between father and child, right from the start and also later on.

Father alone at home

by Dennis Christiansen

This book is more for the dad who needs to be home alone with the little golden bundle on maternity leave.

It's a personal story about being on maternity leave, seeing life from a new perspective and ultimately quitting your job to spend more time with your child. 

The book contains practical questions such as: What the hell are you doing with such a small green pea? Can your masculinity survive baby rhythms with 11 nursing estrogen bombs? And how do you nicely tell your wife that you've lost your son from the changing table?