What is a false pregnancy in women and why does it occur?

Expectant mothers are happily preparing for pregnancy. After a period of time, their bodies seem to have symptoms of pregnancy. However, these are all illusions and may be false pregnancies. So what is false pregnancies in women? Why does false pregnancies occur? What are the symptoms of false pregnancies? How to identify false pregnancies? How to prevent false pregnancies? The following editor will introduce you to them in detail.

What is a false pregnancy in women?

In gynecological clinics, there is a concept called "false pregnancy", which mostly occurs in young women 1-4 years after marriage. Physiologists believe that false pregnancy is a comprehensive "deficit" of physiology and psychology. After marriage, some women are eager to have the "fruit" of love as soon as possible. They are eager to have a child and often compare themselves with their sisters who got married at the same time. Seeing other sisters pregnant, they are envious and anxious; seeing other sisters already holding their babies, they are even more impatient. In this way, they think about it day and night, dream about it, and form a strong "hope for a child" excitement focus in the cerebral cortex, affecting the dysfunction of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, leading to amenorrhea.

After menopause, under the influence of sex hormones in the body, fat will accumulate in the lower abdomen. Under the psychological factor of her desire to be pregnant, she will think that she is pregnant, so she will have a corresponding "pregnancy" reaction of anorexia, food selection and vomiting. Some women even have a psychological effect of "simulating pregnancy", and the ratio of estrogen and androgen in the body is unbalanced, which will strangely grow butterfly spots on the pink cheeks and feel "fetal movement" in the abdomen. This is purely a psychological effect. "Haste makes waste", as long as the couple goes to the hospital for examination and corrects the hidden dangers of infertility, pregnancy and childbirth are just around the corner.

What are the symptoms of false pregnancy

Amenorrhea: Women who usually experience this symptom have irregular menstrual cycles, and psychological factors affect hormone regulation, so menstruation may not come for several months. Because of this, when menstruation comes again, it is often mistaken for a sign of miscarriage.

Nausea and vomiting: Moods and illnesses such as colds or gastrointestinal discomfort can also cause this feeling, so this condition is difficult to use as a criterion for determining whether you are pregnant.

Conscious fetal movement: This feeling is actually just strong intestinal peristalsis. When the stomach is upset, nausea, vomiting and obvious peristalsis are very common, but because the symptoms are too similar to those of early pregnancy, they are often confused by women who are eager to get pregnant.

Abdominal bulge: Usually, women with false pregnancy usually eat too much nutritious food in the early stage. In this case, the lower abdomen will continue to bulge in a short period of time and be mistaken for pregnancy. If there are many uterine fibroids in the uterus or the woman is relatively obese, it will cause obvious abdominal bulge.

How to judge false pregnancy

Basal body temperature measurement: When menstruation has not come, if the basal body temperature remains low, it means that you are not pregnant. The body temperature is between 36.9℃-37.2℃. If this high temperature period lasts for more than 21 days, you may be pregnant.

Early pregnancy test: drop urine into the detection hole on the test paper. If a colored band appears in the control area of ​​the test paper (some test papers appear red, some test papers appear blue), it indicates negative, indicating not pregnant; conversely, if a clear colored band appears in the detection area, it indicates positive, indicating successful pregnancy.

Ultrasound examination: Ultrasound examination is the most accurate way to determine whether a woman is truly pregnant. If a gestational sac is found in the uterine cavity, it can be considered a normal pregnancy. If a gestational sac is not found during ultrasound examination after about two months of amenorrhea, it is a false pregnancy.

How to prevent false pregnancy

Regular check-ups: Through regular prenatal check-ups, it is easy to avoid confusion about false pregnancy. Whether you are pregnant should be based on the results of formal tests conducted by professional hospitals.

Psychological decompression: Especially for couples who want to get pregnant but have not succeeded in getting pregnant, psychological pressure is inevitable. If female friends have the care and support of their family, they can relieve their emotions, and if there is a false pregnancy, it can be quickly eliminated.

Targeted treatment: Do not make random guesses or draw blind "conclusions", as this may hinder the normal pregnancy. If a female friend wants to conceive but has not been able to do so, experts recommend that she should go to a professional hospital to see a doctor or expert in obstetrics and gynecology to treat infertility, which is the best way.

How many days after conception can pregnancy be detected

Many people take the time of the last sexual intercourse as the time of early pregnancy, but in fact the international unified standard is to start counting from the first day of the last menstrual period.

After sex, sperm can survive in the female vagina for 2 to 3 days. If ovulation occurs, conception will occur. If you want to test whether you are pregnant, it will take about 12 days. Because the fertilized egg stays in the fallopian tube for 3 to 5 days and implants in the endometrium, then forms a morula, and 6 to 8 days to form a blastocyst. Fertilization is completed after 11 to 12 days.