Couvade/ dads taking on birth?

[angel2010]

I was reading Birth Matters by Ina May Gaskin last night and came across the term couvade. It is the practice in certain cultures in which the husband of a woman in labor takes to his bed as though he were bearing the child. Gaskin went on to tell of a few birth stories in which husbands were actually in physical pain while the mother was laboring (seemingly painlessly) and once the child was born, their pain instantly stopped. I found this very interesting. Has this happened to anyone here, or anyone you know?

 

[LegoHouse]

Never heard of it, but my OH does keep saying if he could take the pain he would! How interesting

 

[Gemble]

I've never heard of it but it sounds bloody marvellous!!

Xxx

 

[frangi33]

lol my OH has had every pregnancy symptom going - me none!

Perhaps that will extend to the birth too!