According to statistics, 60% of expectant fathers experience a “pregnant” symptoms are: nausea, heaviness, morning sickness and increased appetite. This so-called “syndrome kuvad” – the name comes from the French word couver “to hatch Chicks”.
Tell what to do, if the future chick makes dad pour chocolate mayonnaise and cry at the sight of kittens.
Why man feels “pregnant”?
Syndrome kuvad yet been sufficiently studied. Most scientists believe that all matter in psychology: just the future Pope much worried about his wife and child. Often “pregnant” men under the age of 30 years, pending the firstborn. The stronger they are attached to the baby, the higher the probability of the disorder, and the more it will manifest.
How is this syndrome?
Usually the first symptoms appear on the third month. Throughout pregnancy they develop and reach its peak during childbirth. Expectant father may be experiencing morning sickness, change of appetite, nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhea, colic, pain in the abdomen and in the lumbar region. Often men with the syndrome of kuvada feel “sympathy pain”: they will start to hurt the same organs, and a pregnant wife.
The emotional state may be even worse than the women, appear irritability, depression, insomnia, moodiness, self-centeredness, lack of energy.
Often fathers even sent to the clinic with suspected different diseases.
It’s not dangerous?
By itself, the syndrome kuvad not threat: about 70% of cases it ends with the pregnancy. The rest of the men, the disorder remains still for a while – until then, until complications of childbirth of his wife.
But its symptoms can harm your health: depression, insomnia, and vomiting nobody was going to benefit.
How to help the future Pope?
Since the root of the problem is stress, and it should be treated. Men often experience, simply because they lack information. What to do? How to behave during inspections? How to help your wife? Will he still love me after she births? How to protect your baby? How to change my life? To help future dad can do the following:
- To sign up for Lamaze classes;
- To discuss your future and his fatherhood, to share their fears;
- More often to spend time together;
- Read specialized literature;
- Talk to baby: this will do until that “future” of a child more real.
In some situations, need the help of a psychologist:
- The reluctance to accept the pregnancy, extreme fear;
- Solid confidence that will happen something bad;
- Strong emotions over the loss of something important in life: youth, freedom, etc.
Remember that a healthy pregnancy damage is quite difficult: do not wrap themselves all sorts of “impossible”. Tell about any restrictions you may forget, in the article “Manicure, hot bath, coffee… That really can not be pregnant?”.