Comments on: Marriage Advice: Understanding Your Wife’s Pregnancy Symptoms

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[...] Cancel the Internet at home. Not only does this save $50 each month, but it forces your wife to go to the library to use the Internet. This will also reduce snacking by all who would have otherwise been hanging out in the house. If she decides not to go use the internet elsewhere, it will at least cut down on the development of symptoms discovered on the internet. [...]

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:00:09 +0000

I am 29 weeks pregnant and came across this website because I was looking for other women who are experiencing husbands with a lack of sympathy. I guarantee if my husband felt the way I do for just one day he would be curled up in bed thinking he is dying! I’m totally serious. Last night I was telling him my hip hurt really badly (I have issues with the joint) He said “okay” – I haven’t spoken to him since. Okay? Help me out here! Ugh!

By: Shake it

Shake it — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:31:28 +0000

Wow. I can not believe what that flippin’ donkey posted. That is awful! Doubting Daddy, you’re wife may very well be feeling every symptom she’s mentioned or maybe not so much. Either way who cares?! I am pregnant right now in my 9th month and have the best husband in the world. Be supportive and the best thing to do is listen. Many of my friends whom are pregant I’ve watched suffer through the very early months so she just might be. Just take care of her. That Donkey is an Ass!

By: melcb

melcb — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:58:22 +0000

Hey P, My husband would say the same thing about me! But, I am sure that your wife, like I did, had moments of feeling like utter crap. She probably knew it wasn’t worth complaining to you about because you (like my husband) would be unlikely to show any sympathy.

By: karlmalone

karlmalone — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:05:27 +0000

A pregnant woman is super beautiful. I am absolutely sure that men would have far worse symptoms if they had to go through it.

By: phillyz

phillyz — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:02:24 +0000

imaginary symptoms are one thing, but i really love when it goes in reverse and simple symptoms turn into major diseases. suddenly a little diahrea turns into a parasite found in the jungles of south america, but she got it from our tap water. or a headache and slight numbness becomes mini-strokes.

By: P

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:14:28 +0000

My wife never had any problems or symptoms. I even sometimes forgot she was pregnant because she never complained and functioned better than when she wasn’t pregnant. She was happier and had even more energy.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:09:13 +0000

This post makes me laugh because I am pregnant with my first child. All I can say is that I really do have about a million new symptoms every day and my husband better not have posted this question! haha But seriously, men don’t understand what pregnancy does to a woman and wow, hormones are just out of whack too. I’m grateful that my husband is so patient… I think when the wife is complaining about this or that aching…the husband should just give her a back rub…that sounds good to me

By: TammyT

TammyT — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:33:14 +0000

Oh Donkey, if that husband took your advice, he’d have worse problems! That last thing you want to do is cut a pregnant woman off from her connection sources – even if those connections are making her a hypochondriac.

It may be true that she’s making it up, or maybe she’s just pregnant. Pregnant women are not stable. Pregnant women are like women on their period, times 100.

The best thing to do is:
1) listen
2) repeat what you heard so she knows you’re listening.
3) say “Uh huh”, “oh honey”, and “is there anything I can do?”
4) listen some more
5) then say, “tell me more about it.”
6) then listen more
7) lastly, say, “you’re such an awesome woman to go through all of this for our baby!”

That’s it. Then, if you are secretly fuming, be studly and keep it in. It’s sexy when a guy doesn’t get bent out of shape about something.

One of the most common compliments that I hear women say about their hubbies is, “He is so calm when he’s stressed out, and he never lets things bug him. I can trust him to take care of things when I’m panicking.” Be that for your lady – let her panic, and then be the studly guy who she can be a pregnant hypochondriac around.

By: Vatermann

Vatermann — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:59:51 +0000

I have to agree with the Wife on this one (the part about the sympathy). Obviously, the father is not being sympathetic or empathetic enough to the new mother. She isn’t coming down with more symptoms, she is trying different tactics to get sympathy, because the father isn’t responding.

She doesn’t need solutions she just needs to be listened to. It’s okay to say that you have no idea what she must be going through, as long as you acknowledge how hard it must be.