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This is a medical condition where a father experiences some of the symptoms of his wife near at the time of childbirth. Couvade comes from the French word meaning "to hatch."

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What is the treatment for couvade syndrome?

There is no standard mainstream treatment recommended for couvade syndrome because it is not usually mentioned in medical textbooks.


What is the cause of couvade syndrome?

couvade syndrome ranges between 11 and 65 percent, while others estimate that as many as 80 percent of expectant fathers develop these symptoms.


What percentage of men experience couvade syndrome?

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Do men get pergant symptoms if they girlfriend is pergant?

Yes, they sometimes do and it's called couvade syndrome.


Who developed the term couvade syndrome?

The term couvade was first used by the anthropologist E. B. Tylor in 1865 to describe certain father-hood rituals performed by husbands while their wives were giving birth.


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It is possible for the mother of a pregnant woman to have Couvade syndrome, or sympathetic labor pains. Most doctors believe that feeling sympathetic pain is psychosomatic -- meaning all in your head -- but other doctors believe that it is caused by fluctuations in hormones.


When a father-to-be experiences pain and exhaustion while the mother gives birth. anthropologists refer to the phenomenon as couvade?

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Nancy Lee Brady-Freitag has written: 'PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN PARENTAL PAIRS IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER (PREGNANCY, COUVADE SYNDROME)' -- subject(s): Education, Health, General Psychology, Health Sciences, Nursing, Health education, Individual and Family Studies Sociology, Nursing Health Sciences, Psychology, General, Sociology, Individual and Family Studies


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