More on Couvades’ Syndrome

I know I wrote on this before but I thought I would touch on it again. Couple days ago I said to Nikki that I was not feeling too great. I described the symptoms by saying I feel a tad bit dizzy. Not overly so. Imagine you were spinning around and around until you get dizzy. Now imagine recovering from the initial dizzy feeling. That is what I felt like. Not totally dizzy just a slight touch of it. Then I told her that I felt fatigued. Not tired because I was doing this or that, just a feeling fatigue. There were more symptoms but I can’t remember them right now.

She started laughing and said Honey, you are having sympathy symptoms again. As it turns out I was really describing how she felt. She had all those symptoms. Weird.

Couvade Syndrome

For those of you who doubt the whole sympathy symptoms thing I blogged about earlier, I stumbled across an article about Couvade Syndrome. Click here to view. The excerpts from the article are in blue and my comments follow……….

In fact, some fathers-to-be are so affected, they experience symptoms of pregnancy right along with their pregnant partners, a phenomenon called Couvade Syndrome.

When the word “phenomenon” is used it is because people don’t believe what you are saying………….. (Off to a bad start)

Some experts believe they (the symptoms) may be a ploy to get attention.

Who the heck are these experts? (Seriously, I will post on this soon)

While still others believe that Couvade is a display of guilt for having impregnated a partner, an assertion of paternity, jealousy of the mother's ability to carry a child and her birth experience, or empathy with the mother's discomfort.

Not sure how to respond to that one……….. “Nikki, I am sorry I impregnated you and I am jealous cause I really wished I was the one that had morning sickness, back pains, expanding uterus, frequent bathroom visits and the need to think before I get up out of the bed otherwise I get dizzy” Are these people serious?

Men are now expected to take a more active role in their partner's pregnancy, as well as the birth and rearing of the child.

No attempt at humor here. About time these twerps said something sensible although I would say this should not be an expectation as much as it should be a given.

Studies in Canada have shown that fathers-to-be may actually experience hormonal shifts

Nikki: Honey, why would you take all the savings and buy a Harley?
Mario: So we can go riding all over the country, see the sights. You know live on the wild side…………
Nikki: Why would you do something so uncharacteristic and frankly stupid? Are you kidding me? (Voice rising with each word)
Mario (in tears): It’s not me. It is the hormones…………… I need a moment!

So if you are experiencing Couvade, rest assured that there is a cure: childbirth

Ah doc, that is the problem!