Couvade syndrome

As couvade syndrome (French couver, to hatch ) Scientists call the phenomenon of arising pregnancy symptoms in man when he's with a pregnant woman. It comes in men cause symptoms such as weight gain, mood swings, anwachsendem stomach, vomiting, etc. Above all, especially compassionate men according to researchers opinion would tend to "parallel pregnancies " or " sympathy pain ".

The hormones of some men change during pregnancy, the female partner. Some evolutionary biologists speculate that this mechanism should paternal care are set in motion.