Men and "phantom pregnancy"

June 15, 2007

Strange research from the UK:

Expectant fathers can suffer from pregnancy symptoms, UK research shows.

Morning sickness, cramps, back pain and swollen stomachs were all reported by men whose partners were pregnant . . .

. . . In more extreme cases, men developed swollen stomachs that looked like a “baby bump”.



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{ 4 comments }

1 Bruce June 15, 2007 at 3:01 pm

Not to make light of a serious medical condition, but, I finally have a scientific reason to explain some of my weight gain!

2 Anonymous June 15, 2007 at 10:16 pm

The effeminization of the West is complete.

3 Anonymous June 16, 2007 at 12:08 am

Thats great! Now, if we could just figure out how to get them to actually have the labor and go through delivery it would be even better.

4 KoKo June 16, 2007 at 12:29 am

Didn’t Grey’s Anatomy have an episode devoted to this topic?

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