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Podcast: Dr. Chapa’s OBGYN Clinical Pearls
Episode: TOKOPHOBIA: Pregnant & Petrified
Description: It is completely natural, and part of the human experience, to have some anticipatory concern about an upcoming delivery/childbirth. However, when that concern becomes overwhelming, it can develop into a debilitating phobia called Tokophobia. First coined as a term in 2000, there’s been growing awareness of this specific type of anxiety disorder/phobia. Even though it was first described in 2000, this extreme fear of pregnancy and childbirth has, of course, been part of the human experience For centuries. This is now considered a sub-type of PTSD when it happens after a traumatic childbirth experience. The idea for this episode or...