Did you know that thousands of women all around the world have a strong fear of giving birth to a child? Or maybe you are one of them? This is called the tocophobia, and it is a real psychological disease.
This type of phobia is seldom spoken about as compared to other types of phobias. But the truth is that nearly tenth part of the women population suffers from this kind of phobia. Women may resort to extreme actions, like avoiding sex, avoiding relationships and marriage, abortions, or even hysterectomy. They are ready to do anything to avoid getting pregnant, and when they do they prefer to resort to abortion rather than give birth to a baby.
The reasons of this awful phobia can be different. Most frequently it is some physiologically harmful experience in their past, especially in the childhood. Among other reasons are such heartbreaking experiences as stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion, or severe difficulties or pain during the last labour process.
But tocophobia doesn’t come only to fear of the very labour process. Tocophobia can represent numerous types of fears, all related to motherhood, such as fear of responsibility, fear of lethal outcome, malformation, miscarriage, and especially fear of pain. Regardless of the reasons this phobia is a great problem for numerous women. It leads to destroying families and prevents a woman from realizing herself in the most vital role she was gifted – the role of mother.
This fear should be treated with the same seriousness as any other phobia, and if you are one of those 10 percent of women population who can confess in having fear of giving birth, you have to do something about it immediately. It wont be easy, and moreover – it will be very hard, but with the help of your dearest people and their care and support you will surely make it. If you know the women with this type of phobia, try to be sympathetic to them and do not blame them for it – no one chooses their phobias and fears consciously. It is very advisable to address an expert who will define the reason of your fear and try to eliminate it with your help.
If you are pregnant at the moment and experience great fear of giving birth, don’t resort to extreme actions. Remember that you have a very convenient option – a c-section. C-section has truly rescued many women from their fears and helped them enjoy all the wanders of motherhood. You can have your c-section performed under general unaesthetic, which will rescue you from pain and many other undesired things. Just make sure you find a trusted specialist.
Remember – it is never late to get rid of your old fears, and the best thing to do it is getting positive about it. Try to define the reason of your fear and it will be much easier to eliminate your phobia. In any case, you can always find an option of being a mother for yourself – like adoption or c-section, but just don’t deprive yourself of this wonderful role.
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