The Pregnant Male

Abstract

For centuries the experience of pregnancy was largely, if not exclusively, the woman's experience. More recently the notion of “our pregnancy” has gained popularity, as the man shares the pregnancy experience with the woman. The present article describes a more recent experience, that being the unique pregnancy experience of the male. The male pregnancy, although primarily an intellectual, emotional, and spiritual experience (as opposed to physical), is one characterized by typical and systematic qualities quite unlike the experience of the female.