What is a phantom pregnancy and why does it happen??!


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Is there someone around you that is pregnant? Sometimes people take on symtoms of others... but also if you've been pregnant before you could even get "kicks" and not be pregnant... I would suggest going to your doctors and having a FULL physical... there could most likely be an imbalance in possibly hormones, and even thyroid

Phantom Pregnancies

A phantom pregnancy (also known as a false pregnancy, pseudocyesis spurious pregnancy, feigned pregnancy, imaginary pregnancy, hysterical pregnancy, wind in the bowels, or grossesse nerveuse) is where you have many of the signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy but are not pregnant.

This is a good source for general information as another user noted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_pre...
The entire article has a lot of useful information.

Some women will experience this phenomenon (according to the article) as a response to stress or emotional conflict, or sometimes wish -fulfillment (the woman WANTS a baby so bad, that her psyche will manifest the symptoms).

DO see your doc if you've not already done so. It may just be that you need someone in a "professional" role to tell you you're not pregnant to help relieve the symptoms. Or they might be able to determine the cause IF there IS one.

Good luck.





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