{"id":11987,"date":"2021-09-17T12:03:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T11:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/path-perinatal.eu\/uk\/?post_type=waf&p=11987"},"modified":"2022-11-10T10:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T10:30:06","slug":"tokophobia-fear-of-giving-birth","status":"publish","type":"waf","link":"http:\/\/path-perinatal.eu\/uk\/waf\/tokophobia-fear-of-giving-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokophobia (fear of giving birth)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Many mums-to-be will talk about feeling worried or anxious around giving birth but for around 13% this fear becomes overwhelming. Tokophobia is the name given to an extreme fear of childbirth that can sometimes make you want to end the pregnancy or avoid becoming pregnant altogether.
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Tokophobia is more common and intense for first time mothers and is known as primary tokophobia. Secondary tokophobia is where a previous traumatic labour or baby loss can result in subsequent fear.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What causes tokophobia<\/span><\/strong><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tokophobia may be caused by a number of factors such as:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n