Have you ever heard that the husbands of pregnant women sometimes put on a few kilos and even grow similarly shaped bellies to their pregnant partners?<\/p>\n
This is not an old wives' tale, but actually happens in quite a few cases. However, the reasons for this can be varied and do not necessarily have to have a deep psychological meaning.<\/p>\n
Why does the man put on weight when the woman is pregnant?
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On the one hand, the weight gain can of course be attributed to the fact that a woman's appetite often skyrockets during pregnancy and she simply shares her desire to eat, or, if she normally does the cooking, the portions are correspondingly larger. It is said that a woman should not eat for two when she is pregnant, as this is not necessary. Although nutritional requirements increase during pregnancy, calorie requirements only increase by around 250-300 calories per day. This corresponds to little more than a yoghurt and a slice of bread with sausage.<\/p>\n
However, many women who are otherwise very careful about their slim figure and generally exercise restraint when eating so as not to lose it can succumb to their cravings for food more quickly than under normal circumstances. During pregnancy, the very upset hormone balance triggers a very big appetite, especially in very slim women, which they often can no longer resist and are more likely to let themselves go than they would otherwise.<\/p>\n
Other theories - mostly put forward by the women themselves - are that the men are a little jealous that the woman can bear a child and thus develop a belly themselves out of pure wishful thinking.<\/p>\n
Still others extend the symptoms to the general condition and also claim to have observed that their husbands not only gain weight with them, but also become bitchy and sensitive.<\/p>\n
However, it could also be explained by something other than jealousy, namely that the men are now, consciously or unconsciously, worried about what they will be like as fathers and how they should provide for their families.<\/p>\n
As this is also a major concern for modern men, it seems quite possible that it could affect their mood and also their pounds. Frustration and worry are certainly not only familiar to women.<\/p>\n
There are also men who seem to eat along with the woman out of solidarity, so that she doesn't feel too alone in her role as a rounding something.<\/p>\n
The question is whether men also realise that they are at a certain disadvantage after pregnancy and childbirth, as they are less likely to lose weight quickly. If the woman is breastfeeding, it is usually not a big problem for her to get rid of some or all of the extra kilos quickly.<\/p>\n
The person who has to start the diet could therefore be the man if, for whatever reason, he has put on weight.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Haben Sie das schon einmal geh\u00f6rt, dass auch die M\u00e4nner von schwangeren Frauen mitunter einige Kilos zulegen und sogar \u00e4hnlich geformte B\u00e4uche heranz\u00fcchten, wie ihre schwangeren Partnerinnen? Dies ist kein Ammenm\u00e4rchen, sondern passiert wirklich in nicht wenigen F\u00e4llen.\u00a0 Die Gr\u00fcnde hierf\u00fcr k\u00f6nnen aber vielf\u00e4ltig sein und m\u00fcssen nicht unbedingt eine tiefe, psychologische Bedeutung haben. Warum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_fgj2wp_old_id":["144"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["wenn m\u00e4nner schwanger sind…","wenn m\u00e4nner schwanger sind…"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["3339"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["when-men-are-pregnant"]},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gesundheit","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}