Pregnant Man : How Nature Makes Fathers Out of Men
- Author(s)
- Gordon Churchwell
- Format
- Paperback | 304 pages
- Dimensions
- 135 x 203 x 18mm | 218g
- Publication date
- 01 May 2001
- Publisher
- Harper Paperbacks
- Language
- English
- ISBN10
- 0060988398
- ISBN13
- 9780060988395
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.