Pregnant Man: How Nature Makes Fathers Out of Men – A Hilarious and Touching Story of Sympathetic Pregnancy Symptoms and Empathy

by Gordon Churchwell

Gordon Churchwell's wife is pregnant.  Immediately, she swings into action, buying baby clothes, toys, and supplies, and consulting a never-ending stack of pregnancy books. Gordon?  He's having an out-of-body experience.

Pregnant Man is the hilarious and touching story of Gordon's nine-month evolution from clothes husband to birth partner and coparent.  Along the way, this regular guy stumbles across some amazing discoveries that are important to both sexes.  Starting with hi sown morning sicknesses, Gordon finds out the researchers have long documented that many men have pregnancy symptoms.  The latest scientific findings also reveal a male hormonal response that helps them empathize with their partners and prepare for fatherhood.

Genres: Parenting

304 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Crude at points so only beneficial to those that can look beyond it. Starts off as an author's narrative of his experiences during his wife's pregnancy, but progresses into a compilation and interpretation of scientific research and layman interviews about the occurrence of men experiencing pregnancy symptoms, and the birth from husband and wife into mother and father.
P145 - The birth of a child makes an enduring couple out of the parents, and the husband and wife are reborn as father and mother during the birth process
Ch 8 - The real culmination of the thesis of the book. Men do matter beyond sperm donation. Men can and do go through a transformation during pregnancy that will affect who they are and how they will father.
P263 - Going past the due date feels like a little free time before enlightenment. Like getting to class to find a few spare minutes while the professor arrives a little late. Everything else has been suspended and no appointments are waiting.

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book had it's good points. I enjoyed the stories of what he went through but mixed in was a lot of philosophical thoughts and scientific stuff.