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Couvade syndrome is more common than most people think (Photo: iStock)

You may have missed the news item just before the onset of the global pandemic in 2019. Bradley Beal, an NBA player for the Washington Wizards had gone public about his shame and mental torture due to his food cravings and weight gain during his wife’s pregnancy.

“I was up at 3 or 4 am eating ice cream when I should not have been eating ice cream,” he told American television station NBC. “That is all because Momma was pregnant and I had the same symptoms.”

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