If you’re reading this, you’re probably a mom or dad-to-be and your mind has been swimming with thoughts on everything from labor and childbirth to infant care and nursery colors since you first received the baby news. What you may not have considered yet is how much pressure parenthood can put on your relationship with your partner. Enter “Becoming Parents: How to Strengthen Your Marriage as Your Family Grows,” a book designed specifically to help couples improve their relationships in preparation for parenthood. In their book, authors Pamela L. Jordan, Scott M. Stanley, and Howard J. Markman offer advice on how to survive this potentially trying time and come out of it with an even stronger bond. John Gray, acclaimed author of “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, says, “’Becoming Parents’ teaches survival skills necessary to raise your child, while managing to thrive in your marriage. If you're thinking about having kids, read this book.” Not only will it help you communicate more clearly with each other and better manage conflict between you, but it will help you to create lasting solutions to problems and identify the underlying issues and expectations you have for each other. “Becoming Parents” addresses larger issues like commitment, forgiveness and intimacy, as well as specific topics that are often the subjects of everyday arguments, such as who gets up when the baby cries at night and the division of household tasks. Best of all, the useful exercises in each chapter can help you and your partner build and maintain a happy home for you and your baby. Pick up a copy here.