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Category: Tokophobia

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I don’t want kids – do I have tokophobia?

There seems to be a lot of confusion about what tokophobia IS and what it ISN’T which I’d like to clarify. At a very basic level tokophobia is…

8 October 2019 · 4 min read
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Who’s the Tokophobia Support Group for?

My Tokophobia Support Group program is the group version of my Tokophobia Support Program. What is Tokophobia Support Group program? It’s an online program where I personally support…

16 July 2019 · 7 min read
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Overcoming Tokophobia: it IS possible!

Tokophobia is the extreme fear of pregnancy and birth. It affects around 14% of women so you would think that it was reasonably well known and that help…

10 June 2019 · 7 min read
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I’m scared of birth – what can I do?

Feeling scared of birth is very common and is not necessarily something to worry about. It’s a time of massive change so it’s normal for us to feel…

3 June 2019 · 7 min read
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Tokophobia. Everything you need to know

What is tokophobia? Tokophobia is a pathological fear of pregnancy and birth. The word comes from Greek ‘tokos’ meaning childbirth and ‘phobos’ which means fear. Phobias are a…

27 May 2019 · 8 min read