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Show your wife how much you care! Wear an 'Empathy Belly!'

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Braznor

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The horror!!! D😀:

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Backache, swollen breasts and the constant urge to pee: Meet the DADS wearing 33-pound 'empathy bellies' to experience the pain of being nine months pregnant



Swollen breasts, the constant urge to wee and broken nights are problems expectant mums know all too well and men have been unable to share - until now.


So what happened when three dads became nine months pregnant?
Jason Bramley, Steve Hanson and Jonny Biggins are discovering exactly what it's like to have a baby on board by wearing pregnancy suits to honour mums in the run up to Mother's Day on Sunday, March 15.
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Dads Jonny Biggins (left), Steve Hanson (middle) and Jason Bramley (right) are discovering exactly what it's like to have a baby on board by wearing pregnancy suits for an entire month





'Every day things like putting on your socks becomes a monumental task,' says Steve, 46, (left) who has a 12-year-old son Saul with his wife Kate

While most mothers would be happy with a bunch of flowers, the married dads, who are behind a new personalised Mother's Day book called Book Of Mum, are wearing pregnancy suits all day every day for a month.
Currently on day eight of the project, the publishing directors, are charting the ups and downs of impending parenthood in an online diary.
Steve, 46, who is married to Kate and has a 12-year-old son, called Saul, said: 'Every day things like putting on your socks becomes a monumental task.'



The trio, who are from England but all work at an office in Barcelona, are wearing their bumps to work, to the pub and to bed and are only allowed to remove them to wash.
Jason, 44, who is a father-of-one mused on day five: 'I wonder why pregnant women don't use wheelchairs.'
'I have a chair in the office with wheels and this is a blessing. I can glide effortlessly across the office to my desired destination.'















The trio are wearing their bumps to work, to the pub and to bed and are only allowed to remove them to wash





'On day three I didn't sleep a wink, I just couldn't get settled,' says company director Steve, from Doncaster, pictured on his laptop while wearing the belly





Steve's son Saul is pictured resting his head on his fake breasts, making for quite the funny sight

But it's not all fun and games.
The 'empathy belly' comes complete with fake breasts and weighs two and a half stone - the average weight of a full term baby bump.
It is designed to put pressure on the bladder, stomach and lungs, and cause abdominal distention and the inability to get comfortable.
'On day three I didn't sleep a wink, I just couldn't get settled,' said company director Steve, from Doncaster.




'My boobs, which at first were quite a pleasurable novelty, soon became about as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit,' said Steve (pictured in his 'empathy belly')





'I wonder why pregnant women don't use wheelchairs,' dad-of-one Jason, 44, (pictured) wrote in his diary





The suit weighs 33lb, the average weight of a full term baby, and is designed to cause abdominal distention and put pressure on the bladder, stomach and lungs

'I tried to make a small city out of pillows around my bump. My boobs, which at first were quite a pleasurable novelty, soon became about as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit,' he added.
'They were way too warm and hung on my arm, sending it to sleep and waking me at the same time.'
By day three the constant swinging motion of his belly forced Jonny, 45, from Surrey to visit his local pharmacy and seek medical help.
'I unzipped my jacket, exposing my belly and explaining my predicament to the woman behind the counter,' says Jonny, dad to Enzo, five, and Leo, one.
'I expected her to crack a smile or reel back in shock but she nodded professionally like she's seen it all before, opened a drawer and placed an elastic waist strap on the counter.




Despite the trials and tribulations caused by faking pregnancy, the Steve, Jonny and Jason said it has made them appreciate what their wives have had to go through

'A few minutes later, with belly strapped firmly in place, I waltzed out of there with a new-found spring in my stride. It was wonderful, I could move again.'
Yet despite the trials and tribulations just one week in Steve admits to bonding with his 'baby'.
He told his diary: 'It seems to be taking on a personality. It has a name, and its name is Bump. I cradle it, pat it, rub it and I just caught myself talking to it while patting it.'
As well as writing down their experiences the dads are also uploading videos of their pregnancy journeys to their online diaries - and all three are looking forward to Mother's Day when they can remove the suits for good.
'Huge respect goes to all you pregnant mums out there. Every single one of you,' said Steve.

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This is the stupidest thing that I have ever seen!

What in the hell are these dudes thinking? There is no way a real man would ever consider this as an option. What are they trying to accomplish?
 
I should wear that next time I have to go to jury duty. I would of course wear cellophane as a hat or possibly a salad shooter.
 
manimal said:
I should wear that next time I have to go to jury duty. I would of course wear cellophane as a hat or possibly a salad shooter.
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Perhaps this could be used to get maturity leave from work too? :\

Looking at those guys, they don't strike me as ones that wear the pants in their relationships.
 
Yeah, fuck that. I've done my time. It's called carrying a 50+ ruck sack for miles upon miles and whatever kind of weather this Earth could throw at me. It's called sleeping on the ground. It's called eating some of the shittiest food humanity can offer. It's called waking up the next morning in a cold fucking tent with condensation dripping on your forehead to wake you up.

Look, I love my wife and my two children she carried are awesome. I rubbed her feet. I brought her all kinds of food, most of it I prepared myself. I paid for massages and did all manner of things to make our decision to have kids easier. But this shit is fucking stupid.
 
No way.

I'll massage her feet, do the choirs, help her exercise, attend the breathing classes, work while she is off for maternity leave, etc. But, I am not spending more money and carrying 30 plus pounds of something to empathize.

You are either a supportive husband/boyfriend, or you are not.

If you are, there is no need for you wear this crap. If you are not, this contraption won't make you empathize, it will just add to the regret and not wanting to be part of your child's birth and upbringing.

This is useless and serves very little to no purpose.
 
Newell Steamer said:
No way.

I'll massage her feet, do the choirs, help her exercise, attend the breathing classes, work while she is off for maternity leave, etc. But, I am not spending more money and carrying 30 plus pounds of something to empathize.

You are either a supportive husband/boyfriend, or you are not.

If you are, there is no need for you wear this crap. If you are not, this contraption won't make you empathize, it will just add to the regret and not wanting to be part of your child's birth and upbringing.

This is useless and serves very little to no purpose.
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While I agree with all of this, someone is making money off this shit.
 
I think my wife would have left me had I wore something as stupid as that when she was pregnant. The "sympathy" weight gain was bad enough for me that I'm still in the process of losing.
 
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