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Pregnant Client Receiving Prenatal Care

A client, approximately 11 weeks pregnant, and her husband are seen in the antepartal clinic. The client’s husband tells the nurse that he has been experiencing nausea and vomiting and fatigue along with his wife. The nurse interprets these fi ndings as suggesting that the client’s husband is experiencing which of the following?

ExplanationCouvade syndrome refers to the situation in which the expectant father experiences some of the discomforts of pregnancy along with the pregnant woman as a means of identifying with the pregnancy. Ptyalism is the term for excessive salivation. Mittelschmerz is the lower abdominal discomfort felt by some women during ovula- tion. Pica refers to an oral craving for substances such as clay or starch that some pregnant clients experience.