• April 26, 2024

The irrational fear of a possible pregnancy and the pain of childbirth is known as Tocophobia. It is estimated that 3% of women suffer a true panic at having a child , which can lead to obsessive disorders, cases of anxiety and use of contraceptives.

The fact of a possible pregnancy, or being pregnant and having to go through the trance of childbirth, causes a profound state of anxiety. And although it is normal for a first-time mom to be afraid, this phobia is distinguished by a pathological fear of everything that involves a pregnancy.

Causes

It is said that you can start the problem in adolescence, when there is a first contact with issues of scenes of births . It is also attributed to people who lived sexual abuse in childhood.

Other factors that trigger this phobia , are stories that have been heard in family or other mothers, with deep fears at the time of delivery, bad experiences, etc. In addition, the common tocophery in women who they fear hospitals, doctors, blood and needles.

The British Journal of Psychiatry He described Tocophobia as a psychological disorder, which causes many women to opt for scheduled caesarean sections, given the phobia of complications and problems with the baby, or their own health.