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Men experiencing pregnancy symptoms.
It is normal for a woman to have mood swings and weird cravings during pregnancy. A woman will be forgiven if she demanded to smell used paraffin. A woman living in Mombasa may also demand deep-fried fish from Lake Victoria, close to 1,000 kilometres away, and insist on it in five minutes. But what happens when it is the man who has the cravings?
Well, as unusual as it may sound, there are men who experience pregnancy-like symptoms when their wives are expectant. The condition is called Couvade or Sympathetic Pregnancy. The expectant father experiences the same symptoms as his partner such as weight gain, change in sleeping patterns, altered hormone levels and nausea.
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