DH sympathy symptoms, anyone?

[LimesoakedMadeleine]

Just wondering whether anyone has experienced this. I'm 8 wks with our first, and we're both chuffed to bits but a bit rabbit-in-headlights as it's all happened very quickly. I've been lucky so far; tired and sore but only queasy and not sick at all. Thing is, this week DH (a healthy, pragmatic and attention-shy sort of chap) seems to be mirroring my symptoms in a most uncharacteristic fashion.

So it's probably something he ate, but I'd quite like to think he's reacting to my hormones because a) means there's nothing else wrong, and b) he's so hilariously embarrassed by the idea.

Can this really happen? Would really appreciate any insights or anecdotes!

Dh regularly get sympathetic lower abdomen cramp! (in reality he's usually just done too many sit ups :o )

Badgerina: "oh I'm so tired"
Mr Badgerina: "oh SO AM I"
Badgerina: "wow my back aches"
Mr Badgerina: "so does mine"
Badgerina: "my feet hurt"
Mr Badgerina: "my feet AND my legs hurt"

Is this the sort of thing you mean?

My DH definitely gets sympathy symptoms. When I'm feeling particularly hormonal it riles me...

I love your username bumgrapes!

Hmm; definitely not an excess of sit ups, Fluffy, short of a dramatic personality shift; or the lovely desire to be involved you describe, Badgerina - I read him that and he looked very aggrieved . He can certainly whinge but he's quite good at waiting his turn. Does yours get a range of symptoms, Bumgrapes?

He wouldn't dare Lime! If at any point during my 17 weeks of morning sickness hell, he'd used the words "I feel sick/nauseous/unwell..." I'd have hit him with my sick bowl! Perhaps you need to perfect your face!

DH has put on weight with all three, and has not lost the baby weight inbetween pregnancies. He also is tired, sore back, sore tummy etc! Grr!

With my first child DH swore he had sympathy pains. Sickness and tiredness mainly. He didn't whine about it so he still lives to tell the tale.

Waves at VQ

Waves at midget

Mine certainly had sympathy pains with me in early pregnancy.

Sadly not when I was in labour though

No sympathy pains here, no real sympathy either

My Ex got dreadful sympathy symptoms...i mean literally going dizzy puking up He looked like shit warmed up and couldnt face food without being sick. Yep, he suffered dreadfully. He spoke to our doctor about it who laughed and then offered sickness tablets..... Everyone laughed at him,

DH had bad sickness for weeks, but it turned out that he had a stomach ulcer.

My DP was queasy for a while after my sickness stopped. We like to think it was him shouldering some of the burden of being pregnant!

It's called couvade syndrome, my OH had it for the first four months.
He was adamant he felt he was pregnant too (nausea, swollen tummy, tiredness and we shared swigging from the gaviscon bottle) so I googled it at the time.

I thought it was really funny.

[grins]

He's a very empathic person bless him

"He's a very empathic person bless him"

That's lovely Purplecatti. Mine just wanted attention

Thanks for the replies everyone, it's reassuring to see this isn't so unusual. Reckon he'll be fine now he has a syndrome to google, Purplecatti!

Sweet really, and yes, funny. Got to wait till 12 weeks before inviting all our friends to have a giggle too...