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The symptoms of false pregnancy can be misinterpreted by the individual as a true pregnancy when the symptoms are actually caused by diseases (like hormone-secreting tumors, alcoholic liver disease, cholecystitis, urinary tract infection, gallstones) or exposure to a substance (like a medication), [2] or other conditions like constipation.
The term cryptic pregnancy is used by medical professionals to describe a pregnancy that is not recognized by the woman who is pregnant until she is in labor or has given birth. [1] The term is also used online for a special form of false pregnancy (pseudocyesis), or delusion of pregnancy, in which a woman who has no medical verification of ...
Jaclyn McGowan, 36, from Perth and Kinross, pleaded guilty to causing fear and alarm by stalking a man for nine months by lying about being pregnant.
She isn’t the only woman to have died due to confusing laws surrounding reproductive care
Aubrey O'Day has suffered a miscarriage. Two months after the 39-year-old singer's pregnancy was revealed, ET confirms that she has had a miscarriage."I'm beyond heartbroken to announce that I've ...
On August 28, 24-year-old Flávia Godinho Mafra was eight months and two weeks pregnant, she was lured to a fake baby shower in São João Batista, Santa Catarina, Brazil. She was later found dead due to cuts from her abdomen due to her baby being removed, and from being struck with a brick.
Shortly after, the 18-year-old, who was six months pregnant, developed a fever followed by nausea and vomiting. She struggled through her baby shower and by 3 p.m. her family decided to take her ...
Mary Toft (née Denyer; baptised 21 February 1703 – January 1763), also spelled Tofts, was an English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits.