Could Your Man Handle Being Pregnant?

on November 27, 2009 at 7:00 AM

Hubs & I practicing with diaper babies!

My husband, oh I love him, but I don't think he would be able to handle being pregnant. I don't think he could handle bleeding once a month either. Or PMS. Or just having a vagina. I don't think a lot of men could.

I think my hubs can handle lots of things -- he's great in times of panic, he's very level-headed and that pays off a lot, and he's a great cook -- but I think he would have a breakdown if he had to grow a baby, or babies in my case, in his belly, along with all the pregnancy symptoms.

But I will say this, since I'm new to this pregnancy thing...well, 35 weeks new with first babies, I had no clue what I was in store for -- nothing can prepare you for all the range of emotions and feelings you have when pregnant.

I saw my sister go through her first pregnancy a couple of years ago and she wore her regular jeans the entire time (unbuttoned), barely gained weight, and had no ailments or morning sickness. Sure the final couple of weeks she swelled up a little, but honestly her ankle and feet swelling was like my summer feet swell on my worst day not pregnant. So she made it look easy.

I giggle thinking of my hubs as pregnant as I am now, huge belly, edema, sobbing during talk shows like Tyra when there's nothing really to cry over, acid reflux creeping up in the middle of the night burning my throat, the inability to bend, nipples aching. Nope. I don't think he could handle it at all.

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About the author Michele Zipp

loves vintage and will defend skinny jeans to the death though she is highly superstitious and "death" is probably a bad word choice. She has a touch of the hoarding disease and enjoys sleuthing, the worst reality shows, and wearing high heels, even at the playground. She's an AP mom of twins, slightly crunchy but with a pedicure.

Filed Under: emotions, pregnancy symptoms, the pregnant life

Comments (21)

kaylajean86

on Nov 27, 2009 at 9:46 AM

haha no my hubby couldn't even if his life depended on it....he is a sucker at pain and he is a totally freak in lil situations

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nicki.hemingway

on Nov 27, 2009 at 11:28 AM

My dh becomes a toddler when sick. I think he'd probably cry.

ethans_momma06

on Nov 27, 2009 at 11:42 AM

No way. He's an awesome man but pregnancy alone would be enough to send him over the edge. And theres def. no way he would be able to handle actually birthing something!

aurorabunny

on Nov 27, 2009 at 11:49 AM

No way. When my husband has a cold he is convinced that he's dying.

LUCKEEDUCKEE

on Nov 27, 2009 at 3:16 PM

Well i think that im going to add to this becuz my hubby simply couldnt take to the morning sickness- he hates being in the bathroom with his head in the toilet after a night of heavily drinking. His thinking of having a simple HANGOVER could never describe the feeling of being nausea all day n night. He has such a short temper and patience spand that going through hrs of constant contrations would make him cry and hurl all the same time. Lets also not forget the putting on the pounds- he gained smypathy weight when i was pregnant and he had asked my doc how it happened

RanaAurora

on Nov 27, 2009 at 4:49 PM

Like the other ladies said, my hubby acts like the world is ending if he's sick. He could not handle pregnancy.

(By the way, that "nipple ache" was what letdown felt like to me in the first few months this time around.)

ashleywilkerson

on Nov 27, 2009 at 6:05 PM

my husband eats a little much and hes hollering he wants his belly rubbed cuz it hurts, just imagin him having to stretch and then deal with labor, he is 120 when hes sopping wet. so no i know he couldnt do it.

nily

on Nov 27, 2009 at 6:21 PM

My hubby hurt a finger and is the end of the world for him. You suddenly find him on complete bed rest saying he's going to die and that he see the tunnel with the light in the end HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I cant imagine him with labor pains.

Pollymom

on Nov 27, 2009 at 7:53 PM

Men are definitely too sissified to deal with periods and pregnancy. LOL

Let's just say there wouldn't be very many children in the world if they had to do it all...

Laura_Cruz

on Nov 28, 2009 at 12:22 AM

Lol oh no, my husband is an army man and could deal with a lot but not pregnancy... he hates getting shots and would get uncomfortable and have to turn away when they would check my cervix