Quirky love: China husband’s morning sickness signals love for pregnant wife, father urges children to beat him, dad of bride sobs at wedding

Doctors in China say a man who began regularly vomiting as soon as his wife became pregnant was displaying signs of affection and empathy.

The husband, surnamed Zhu, from the eastern province of Shandong, said his expectant wife was seldom sick, unlike many other women during the first three months of her pregnancy.

Instead, he was the one who became nauseous – and worse – from the start, according to Pear Video.

When he told doctors, they said they had seen similar cases in which wives felt fine but their husbands suffered what is traditionally referred to as morning sickness regardless of the time of day it happens.

The reaction is called a conditioned reflex and may be caused by stress, empathy, or hormonal changes. It is almost always temporary and not serious, doctors say.