Yeongam-gun Operates 'Dad Also Got Pregnant' Pregnancy Experience Program for Expectant Mothers

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Yeongam-gun operates a program called "Dad Also Experienced Pregnancy." (Photo by Yeongam-gun)

[Yeongam＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] On the 17th, Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it will operate the "Dad Also Got Pregnant" experience program, which allows husbands of pregnant women registered for more than 28 weeks in the district or those who wish to participate to experience the daily life of pregnant women.

Operated by Yeongam-gun Public Health Center, "Dad Also Got Pregnant" is a program where participants wear a pregnancy experience suit weighing about 6.5 kg (the weight of a fetus and amniotic fluid at around 7 to 8 months) to indirectly feel and understand the physical changes that occur during pregnancy, such as weight gain of the pregnant woman.

The program proceeds by having the dad wear the pregnancy experience suit and complete six daily life missions (doing housework, climbing stairs, natural childbirth yoga, taking commemorative photos, writing prenatal education diaries, sleeping while wearing the suit). After completing the missions, participants submit a testimonial along with a certification photo and receive a small set of childcare products.

Applications are made by phone reservation at Yeongam-gun Public Health Center, and participants must bring an ID to pick up the pregnancy experience suit and join the program. The program is planned to be operated year-round.

A Yeongam-gun Public Health Center official said, “We hope that through the seven-day pregnancy daily life experience missions given to expectant dads at home, couples will empathize with the difficulties of pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare, and that a social atmosphere considerate of pregnant women will be created.”

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