Despite their fears about giving birth, none of the women in this study opted for an elective caesarean section as some tocophobic women are reported to do.[…]The findings of Hofberg and Brockington, that tocophobic women who were denied their requests for caesarean section suffered higher rates of psychological morbidity than those whose wishes for operative birth were achieved, demonstrates the psychological damage that can occur when clinicians decide what is best for women on the basis of their own preferences.

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I didn't shed many tears when he left me.

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