La Phantom pregnancy, otherwise called false pregnancy, pseudocyesis ou virtual pregnancy, is a mental disorder which particularly affects young girls who are afraid of becoming pregnant and women in their forties who have a strong desire to induce pregnancy. A woman with a nervous pregnancy is not only convinced that she is pregnant, but she also presents the symptoms (absence of periods, nausea, vomiting, etc.), and this despite the absence of an embryo or fetus. There are many causes of a nervous pregnancy. the traitement is largely psychological.

The medical term “pseudocyesis” means in Greek ” false conception “. Pervasive pregnancy is defined by the belief that you are pregnant when doctors assure a woman that it is not. She develops a whole series of symptoms characteristic of pregnant women. Pervy pregnancy is a psychological disorder that can have several origins.

Causes

Nervous pregnancies can occur in women who have had a miscarriage, the Abortion (IVG) or a ectopic pregnancy.

They are also sometimes secondary to the stress, especially in young women and women around 40, although the reasons are different. a hormonal imbalance, serious personal problems or ovarian tumor sometimes help to establish this conviction of being pregnant.