Management of Toko-Phobia (Fear of Childbirth) with Brief Behaviour Technology

Tokophobia is the fear of pregnancy and childbirth. Women, who have this phobia have a pathological fear of giving birth, and will often avoid becoming pregnant or giving birth altogether. They may even avoid marriage and when married avoid sex. The sample for this study consisted of 97 pregnant women aged from 25 to 30 years, attending the Gynecology Department of a Private Hospital, who had Primary Tomophobia over a period of three months prior to the expected date of delivery. The therapeutic module consisted of: 1. Brief Behaviour Technology for Pain-Free-Delivery (Ganesan, 1980) 2. Self-Defense-Training (Ganesan, 1976). The results revealed total relief from Tokophobia and Pain-Free delivery for all the cases.