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Cuvade Syndrome
#1 Misconception: Men suffer from phantom pregnancy (SLO 1 & 2)
I have never thought that men may suffer the same symptoms of their pregnancy partners.
Fact: According to BBC NEWS it is based on a study in the United Kingdom where 282 fathers were evaluated and showed that they were suffering from a phantom pregnancy.Parents felt the same symptoms that they partners have during their pregnancy. For example, they suffered back pain, foot cramps, fainting, depression,anxiety to eating a lot, and nausea which such cases are known as "Couvade syndrome".Specialists do not have very clear that such cases occurs. They explain that may be related to anxiety during pregnancy and mind only in very rare cases, men may develop a bloated stomach that resembles

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