About the Author & The Pregnant Men Project.
Hayden Richards is a Christchurch dad of two, author of Pregnant Men, and creator of the Pregnant Men companion app. He wrote the guide after living through the reality of fatherhood and discovering that almost every pregnancy resource treated the partner in the room like an afterthought.
Why I Built Pregnant Men.
When we found out we were expecting, I did what any bloke tries to do: I looked for something practical to read so I could be useful. What I found was a wall of clinical textbooks, patronizing jokes, or mum's guides with masculine covers slapped on them.
Nobody was talking about the real stuff: the strange feeling of emotional disconnection early on, the pressure of keeping household logistics moving while your partner is physically drained, and what birth really looks like from where you're standing.
Pregnant Men is the resource I needed back then—an honest, no-fluff playbook built for every expecting dad navigating the journey from pregnancy test to the first raw weeks at home.
What you'll find here.
The Book
Sixteen chapters covering everything from the moment you find out to the first weeks at home. Honest, practical and written in plain English. Available in paperback and Kindle.
The App
A week-by-week companion for the whole 40 weeks. Labour game plan, mental health check-ins, gear guide. Start free, upgrade for the full thing.
The Blog
Regular posts on everything expectant dads actually need to know. No fluff. No lectures.
Why dads get ignored — and why that needs to change.
Most pregnancy content is built for the person who's pregnant. Which makes sense. She's the one going through it physically and she needs all the support she can get.
But dads go through it too. The anxiety is real. The relationship strain is real. The feeling of being completely out of your depth and having nobody to talk to about it — that's real.
And the research backs it up. Paternal perinatal mental health is a genuine clinical issue. One in ten dads experiences postnatal depression. Most of them never get help because nobody asks.
Pregnant Men Guide exists because that gap needed filling. And because the bloke standing in that delivery room deserves more than a pamphlet.
Fathers experience PPD.
IT'S TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
Who wrote Pregnant Men: The No-Bullshit Pregnancy Guide for Dads?
Pregnant Men was written by Hayden Richards, a Christchurch-based father of two and creator of the Pregnant Men companion app. The guide was created to provide expecting fathers with practical, unfiltered guidance on trimesters, labour preparation, and postpartum life.
Get in Touch: Inquiries, Media & Support.
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Written by a Christchurch dad of two who couldn't find this book when he needed it. So he wrote it.