Ian Davis decided to write the 89-page changing table book when he needed
straight from the (expanding) hip advice. Although named for George Costanza's reaction to getting
someone pregnant, the book's similarity to "Seinfeld's" clueless character ends at the title. Davis
know his (and her) stuff. He knows the lingo (amnio, layette), the major players (the "OB/GOD", the
labor-delivery nurse, the insurance rep, and the hard truths (the price, the puffiness, the pain).
And he knows he can't know everything, which is why he always lets his wife call the shots and
advises readers to do the same.

Davis gives a pregnancy play-by-play, pack with action -- running
in terror from an overpriced maternity-wear boutique, running to the nearest bathroom--and colorful
analysis. Davis, with the permission of his wife, Nada, recounts the experience, from the plus sign
on the pregnancy test to the circumcision decision (which was a yes, minus an audience "stuffing
their faces with bagels and lox").

Part Cliff Notes, part Dear Abby, the book answers the
questions most guys are too embarrassed to ask (e.g., no, you won't lose custody if you pass on the
front-row view and ask to stand "above your wife's elbow" in the delivery room. And mind your
manners after the birth. When she asks if the baby is beautiful, say yes--even though the infant
might look like a mini-conehead for a few weeks.