Also, but already much less often, you can observe in women who are afraid of pregnancy. In general, such a situation is inherent in women of the weaker sex with an unstable psyche as well as the nervous system. Such women easily give in to suggestion or self-hypnosis while they may suffer from hysteria and neurasthenia. In this case, it should be noted that such neuroses are often combined with a violation of fat metabolism and endocrine disorders. Incidentally, a full woman is noticeably obstructed by a close obstetric examination. And sometimes, a doctor, simply not able to, without recourse to specialized laboratory tests, for certain to establish, imaginary pregnancy or genuine.
Failure in the menstrual cycle can occur under the influence of a variety of reasons. For example, because of physical or mental stress, climate change, the fear of being able to conceive, or, conversely, because of a great desire to have a child.
A woman can create a special psychological mood, when in the cerebral cortex may occur processes that cause certain changes in the body, characteristic of pregnancy. For example, pigmentation can increase from around the ostomy circles or the midline of the abdomen, breast can be engorged. Sluggishness of the intestinal tract leads to its incomplete emptying, even with an everyday, but insufficient stool. In this case, a woman can take a peristalsis of the intestine for moving the fetus.
Concentrating on your sensations and abundant imagination, based on the data on the course of birth, obtained from various sources, can lead to the appearance of abdominal pain. They can appear on those days when the estimated term of labor is determined, with intense expectation.
Even the doctors who followed such women were at times deceived, finding at them imaginary signs of pregnancy. But as the delivery did not occur, it turned out that there was no pregnancy at all.
Such a state in the scientific world was called the cortical (from the Latin Cortex - bark) pregnancy, because the decisive role in this case is played by psychogenic factors.
IP Pavlov attached great importance to the impulses of the cerebral cortex, at one time wrote the following: "... there is an example of auto-suggestion, like the phenomenon of imaginary pregnancy. In this case, the mammary glands enter into an active state and the fat layers in the abdominal wall are deposited, which starts to stimulate pregnancy. It comes from your thoughts, from your head, from words, from the cerebral hemispheres of the brain in order to influence this quiet, truly vegetative process, like the growth of adipose tissue. "
In addition to changes in the mammary glands, there comes a cessation of menstruation, and other signs of pregnancy that are largely dependent on the impulses of the cerebral hemispheres, due to the influence of auto-suggestion, develop. "In this case," wrote IP Pavlov, "in itself, a powerful parental instinct follows the path of auto-suggestion, in at least a few elements, such an extremely complex and specific state of the body called pregnancy."
Also, it should be noted that until recently, the possibility to diagnose pregnancy was rather limited, and in our time this is not such a big problem. In doubtful situations, you can use the laboratory method to determine in the female urine hormone pregnancy - the chorionic gonadotropin. This method will establish a pregnancy, starting with a week.
Also, with the help of specialized ultrasound equipment located in large clinics, it is possible to listen to the fetal heartbeat, already from seven to eight weeks of gestation. Even before the child was born doctors can determine the possible pathologies and lag in the development of the fetus and at the same time choose the appropriate way to solve the problem and the method of treatment. For the entire duration of pregnancy, a woman needs to undergo a consultation at least 14-15 times and with a regular accuracy take all the necessary tests. Each visit to the doctor determines its weight, blood pressure, stomach volume, palpitation of the fetus and the height of the standing of the bottom of the uterus. With careful and systematic observation of diagnostic errors, by and large, should be excluded.
There is a significant number of signs on which it is possible to determine the onset of pregnancy. Knowing them, you will be able to distinguish between imaginary signs of pregnancy in the early stages of genuine signs. All of them differ in a different degree of reliability and are divided into questionable, probable and reliable.
To doubtful signs of pregnancy include cravings for certain foods (pickles, for example) or increased appetite. In addition, nausea may occur in the morning. Another unreliable sign is apathy and chronic fatigue. If you have it, it does not mean that you are pregnant, and maybe you just need to turn to a psychologist. Also here you can include the rejection of certain products and smells.
Probable signs may be the absence of menstruation, chest pain and swelling of the nipples. A probable sign is a positive pregnancy test. It is also possible to refer here blue vagina and cervix of the uterus revealed during gynecological examination.
In our time there are only three reliable signs. Detection of the fetus by ultrasound (ultrasound), distinguishing his heartbeat and determining the parts of the child's body. It should be noted that reliable results of ultrasound are already in the second week of delay. The next two signs appear already in the fifth month of pregnancy.
Speaking about the early signs of pregnancy, you can identify increased frequency of urination, increased sensitivity of the breast, nausea and vomiting, increased appetite, unusual abdominal pain, frequent changes in mood, as well as drowsiness and fatigue. However, in fact, almost identical signs appear in most women during the PMS period. Therefore, in order to know for certain whether you are pregnant or not, you should consult a specialist. Only a gynecologist after a thorough examination will be able to answer the main question in your life.