Reasons for<unk>  can be complex. Women may fear for the infant's life, fear the unknown and fear the uncertainty of the labour and birth process. Women may develop<unk>  based on previous traumatic birth and delivery processes. Women may lack trust in obstetric services, or fear being left alone while in labour. Primary Primary<unk>  is the fear and deep-seated dread of childbirth in women who have never experienced birth. It may pre-date pregnancy and can start in adolescence or begin in pregnancy. This may relate back to their own mother's experience or be triggered by exposure to childbirth without adequate explanation at a young age. It may also be experienced by women who have been sexually abused or raped; childbirth could trigger flashbacks in women who are traumatised. Secondary Secondary<unk>  occurs in women who have experienced childbirth. The previous experience of birth may have been traumatic, or women may have experienced other traumatic life events and abuse.
Tokophobia
Cynophobia
Phagophobia
Phonophobia
Nosophobia
Thermophobia
Arachnophobia
Osmophobia