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Written for you, not about you
This isn't a clinical overview or another list written with mum in mind. It's a real guide for the partner who's in it too and wants to know how to help.
The pregnancy guide that was missing
You're not carrying the baby.
You're carrying everything else.
Beside is an honest, practical guide for the partner who wants to show up properly. It's funny when it needs to be, because pregnancy can get weird. Book, ebook and app. Coming November 2026.
The book
beside
The partner's guide to pregnancy
The app
Today's tip
Week 18: she can feel you now
Your wellbeing
How are you doing this week?
“Maternity services focused on the birth and neglected partners' greatest concerns — their changing identity, their relationships, and their future role.”
Research with first-time expectant fathers by Condon, Boyce and Corkindale, published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry in 2004. Beside exists to help close the gap they found.
The problem
Every pregnancy book seems to forget the person standing beside her.
There are hundreds of guides explaining what pregnant women should eat, expect and feel. For the partner standing beside her, there's almost nothing. You're trying your best, quietly wondering whether it's enough. Beside was written for you.
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Honest about the stuff nobody mentions
Sex during pregnancy. The identity wobble. Money worries. Feeling nothing one minute, then everything at once. Beside gets into the things other guides quietly skip.
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Research-backed, never preachy
The advice is grounded in proper research, but it reads like it came from a smart friend. You'll learn how to be a better partner without feeling lectured.
Inside Beside
Practical. Human. Occasionally funny.
A week-by-week trimester guide, from her perspective and yours
The hormone science behind every mood swing (including yours)
Couvade syndrome, or why your body might be joining in
The real talk on sex during pregnancy nobody else will have
That identity wobble, and why it's completely normal
How to protect your relationship before the baby arrives
What to do if the birth doesn't go to plan
Partner mental health, because 1 in 8 partners struggle too
Who it's for
One book. Three people who need it.
For you
You're anxious, unsure and trying your best. You Googled something at 2am and found nothing useful. This is the guide you hoped was out there.
For your pregnant partner to give
The useful thing she can hand you when neither of you knows what to say. Better than another baby gadget. It says, 'I want you on this journey with me.'
For a friend who's expecting
A gift that actually helps both of them. It makes the next nine months feel a little less baffling.
The product
The book. The app. The full picture.
The book
beside
A printed guide and ebook for the partner who wants to do more than just turn up. Nine warm, honest chapters, all backed by research. Available November 2026.
Coming November 2026
The app
beside
Daily tips, week-by-week guidance and a proper check-in for you. Not another stream of baby-size comparisons. Available on iOS and Android alongside the book.
Coming November 2026
Be beside her
from the very beginning.
Join the list for early access, a free chapter extract and weekly tips timed to your partner's due date. We'll start from the week you sign up.