Beyond couvade

Pregnancy symptoms in couples with a history of infertility

Bibliographic Data

ID15216997
AuthorsDiane Holditch‐davi (0000-0001-8912-4832, University of North Carolina Health Care, corresponding author), Diane Holditch‐Davis, Beth Perry Black, Beth Black (0000-0003-2944-9314), Betty Glenn Harris (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Margarete Sandelowski (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Lloyd Edwards, Lloyd J Edwards (0000-0002-7788-4575, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year1994
Volume15
Issue6
Pages537-548
Publication date1994-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399339409516145
PMID8002434
OpenAlexW2025354167
LanguageEN
References cited16

Thirty‐six couples with a history of infertility reported their physical, positive emotional, and negative emotional symptoms during pregnancy. The women experienced more physical symptoms than did the men. Both the men and women experienced second‐trimester decreases in negative emotional symptoms and third‐trimester increases in negative emotional symptoms. The women's physical symptoms also showed a second‐trimester dip. Each symptom type was correlated for husbands and wives, but only 6 husbands showed evidence of couvade syndrome by exhibiting exact correspondence with their wives’ symptoms. Symptom attunement appears to be a better term than couvade for most infertile men's experiences of pregnancy

Alternative medicine · Attunement · Gestation · Gynecology · Infertility · Obstetrics · Pregnancy · Second trimester · Third trimester · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Ovarian function and disorders · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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