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Disease that makes you have contractions?

Is there reallly a disease/disorder/whatever that makes a woman have contractions & stuff on a regular basis? Like instead of your period, you essentially give birth (but there’s obviously nothing there). I’ve heard of this in a few fictional stories, and was wondering if it’s real.

I’d just Google it, but couldn’t figure out how to phrase the search to actually get results. If you could find a link to an article about it, providing such a disorder is real, I would really appreciate it.

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Answer #1

Hmm is this when women actually think they’re pregnant but they’re not and their body stimulates pregnancy symptoms (big belly, swollen breasts) but they’re not actually pregnant?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocyesis

Answer #2

it sounds like you are describing a spontaneous abortion, but that is not a disease. There is also something called a hydatiform molar pregnancy, but like an abortion these are actual pregnancies that don’t work out. Otherwise I haven’t heard of that, but if I come across it during an OB/GYN clinical I will let you know.

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