Shriya Saran reflects on the emotional turmoil of parenthood on men: ‘He isn’t emotionally trained’

Actor Shriya Saran, who is a mother to a five-year-old daughter, Radha, recently talked about how pregnancy and parenthood bring emotional turmoil not just for women, but also for their male partners. Shriya Saran, who is married to Andrei Koscheev, spoke about how men aren’t emotionally trained to be fathers and the struggles they have during the phase of parenthood. In an interview with IANS, she pointed out how to-be and new fathers often struggle to understand and cope with the changes their partners go through during pregnancy. According to her, it is not because men do not want to understand their pregnant wife, but because they are not emotionally informed. “Unfortunately, the first person who bears the impact is usually the husband, and most of the time, he doesn’t fully understand it. Not because he doesn’t want to, but because he isn’t emotionally trained or informed,” she said.Shriya Saran also spoke about how, at times, not having her husband around during vulnerable times is difficult for pregnant women. “When you want someone to pass you a pillow or just call you silly for no reason, and they are not there, it really hurts. The husband not being there feels terrible,” Shriya added.The ‘Sivaji: The Boss’ actor also explained the emotional turmoil a woman goes through while carrying a child. “A woman goes through so much; her body changes, her organs get compressed, and emotionally she feels very different throughout the journey. From the beginning till the end, there are mood swings, but none of this is really explained to the husband.”“No one tells you these things before pregnancy. You only find out as it happens, and then you wonder why nobody told you earlier. Emotional turmoil is a big part of it, and a woman goes through a lot,” she added. On the work front, Shriya Saran was last seen in the web series ‘Space Gen.’ She will be next seen in the Hindi film ‘Drishyam 3.’