Tokophobia

Tokophobia

**__Description:__**
Tokophobia is the fear of pregnancy and childbirth. Appears to happen in 1 in 6 women. Maybe disabled but it can lead to miscarriage or even can cause women to avoid being pregnant altogether, even if she wants children. It is a psychological disorder/pathological terror, they are a specific phobia, but other terms for this phobic condition are tocophobia and parturiphobia. There are 2 kinds of tokophobias: Primary and Secondary Tokophobia. Primary Tokophobia is the fear and deep-seated dread of childbirth which pre-dates pregnancy and can start in adolescence, relates back to their own mother's experience or something they learned in school. Secondary Tokophobia is due to a horrendous experience regarding traumatic birth, poor obstetric practice or medical attention,postpartum depression, or other such upsetting events, which renders them emotionally unable to have more children. Can also be ascribed as "maiusiophobia".

**__Symptoms:__**

 * 1) Nightmares [[image:http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_04/preggersDM2510_468x618.jpg width="277" height="367" align="right"]]
 * 2) Difficulty in concentrating of work or on family activities
 * 3) Panic attacks and psychsomatic complaints
 * 4) Light headed
 * 5) Fainting

__**Side Effects:**__

 * 1) Loss of pleasure
 * 2) Conflicts within and breakups of relationships, even relationships with loved and cherished partners
 * 3) Avoidance of pregnancy even though one would prefer to have biological children
 * 4) Difficulty healing from past pregnancy traumas
 * 5) Abortions, self-induced or performed by health care workers
 * 6) Pregnancies which are carried to term and birthed at overwhelming, excruciating psychological cost to the mothers

__**Causes:**__
 * 1)  Personal fear
 * 2)  Past experiences/ [|Trama] **__﻿__**