The practice among some cultures wherein the man suffers the same symptoms during pregnancy as those of the partner, the pregnant woman, is experiencing.
A custom in some tribes whereby a father takes to his bed during or after the birth of his child.
The custom in some primitive cultures of the father remaining in bed as if ill during the time the mother is confined for childbirth. In other cultures, expectant fathers may experience psychosomatic pregnancy simulating symptom of nausea, fatigue, and backache.