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Tokophobia is an extreme fear of childbirth. Here's how to recognise and treat it

  • Written by Julie Jomeen, Professor of Midwifery and Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Southern Cross University
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Many pregnant women worry about birth. Some, however, suffer from a much more serious condition called tokophobia: a severe and unreasoning dread of childbirth, which is sometimes accompanied by a disgust of pregnancy.

At its most extreme, tokophobia can lead to:

  • an obsessive use of contraception to prevent pregnancy
  • termination of...

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