1. The mind controld the body. Obviously if she is wanting, wanting, wanting, dreaming, thinking of having a baby, her mind will convince the body that that is what is happening. Hysterical pregnancy doesn't happen just because of.. It's he same case as the Indian who tought had cancer. Didn't have cancer, but was obssesed with having cancer and ended having it. 2. Mother forcing for wanting to be a grandmother ? So OP, if this is one of the reasons, go buy yourself some personality. 3. YDI for beeing so selfish. Does your husband even want a kid ? Have you even thought about that ? Or maybe you just care for yourself ? Because having a baby where it isn't wanted is not good, even if it finally calms your obssesion for having one. You not only have to think for your husband but ALSO for the baby.

Well said. Everything you said, I was thinking. OP: I'm sorry. Please take care and relax. I know....it's all easier said than done.

That's a little harsh. You have no idea of her situation. No one deserves that. Maybe her husband was worried about HER??? Unless you are the OP or her family....I think you should STFU.

No one deserves what ? She went for it herself. Yeah I BET her husbands face was because he was worried ! Ha !

maybe her mind did control her body but you can't just wake up one day and decide that you're done wanting a child. It doesn't work like that. Some women are raised with the desire to mother a child, to take care of someone. Some people just have the motherhood instinct. When someone has that, you can't just say 'I think I'm done wanting a kid.' therefore, once again, she doesn't have the control over her hysterical pregnancy. She doesn't need a 'personality'. If it's a case of her mother wanting to be a grandmother and the OP doesn't really care if she has a child either way, then she just plain needs to stand up for herself. It isn't a matter of her personality, it's a matter of her decisions. And maybe she wanted a child beforehand, and her mother could have reinforced that want by mentioning her joy at being a possible grandmother. You have no idea whether or not her husband wanted a baby. Did you read anything I said about that? Men are naturally scared of being a father. They don't like the thought of giving up their guy time and video games and whatever they are in to to be a father, but most eventually step up to the plate. You don't know, just as I don't know. Maybe they had thoroughly talked about having a child and agreed but he started to get scared when they thought she was pregnant. Second thoughts happen to everyone. Think about it.

@df13 1. So obviously if someone breaks their leg it's because they were "wanting, wanting, wanting, dreaming, thinking of breaking their leg" because the mind 'controld' the body. 2. Even if her mother was very eager to become a grandmother (which we don't know is true) there is no reason to assume that this is the central reason for her pregnancy 3. Clearly her husband was involved in the decision making process, she can't get pregnant without him. If he was opposed to having a baby he shouldn't have gotten her pregnant. There is such a thing as birth control after all.

This is ridiculous. You're making the desire to mother a child sound like some weird, abnormal, and dangerous disorder. For most women, it's completely natural. I DESPERATELY want children to a point where I already have plans for their rooms and names and little activities for them. This is something *I*, as my OWN person, want. I'm lucky enough to have a fiancé who shares that excitement, but even if I didn't, I would STILL want my little babies. Of course I'm in no position to actually have any children yet, but that desire is STILL there. It would be there even if my fiancé didn't want any kids. The desire to have children isn't going to just go away because your partner doesn't share it or because somebody else is trying to convince you it's a bad idea. Everybody is always telling me to be around their nieces or siblings for a while and then I won't be wanting any more kids, but the more I spend time around children, the more I want to have my own. This is MY personal desire that NOBODY can take away from me. Just like it's OP's. It doesn't matter if her husband wants kids or not... She'll still want them. I remember talking to my fiancé when we first started dating. He'd always say he was going to get clipped as soon as he turned 18 because he hated kids. That hurt me SO much because I wanted children SO bad. I didn't hate him for it, I didn't pressure him, but I still wanted the children.

Until the first ultrasound (which is anywhere between weeks 14 and 18, in my part of the world), the doctor sometimes can't tell the difference. Even the DOCTOR could have been certain she was pregnant. The blood and urine tests would come back positive, she'd start gaining weight and having morning sickness, EVERYTHING...some women even get cramps and gastric complaints that mimic early fetal movements. They could have only realized the pregnancy was false when they did the first ultrasound and noticed something wasn't right. So she could have waited until the second or third month to tell everyone, because both she and her doctor really did think she was pregnant. And when they did the ultrasound, BAM. Either an abnormal mass of cells in the uterus, or nothing at all. Whoops, false pregnancy, and the doc puts her on medication to get rid of the symptoms. Really, people...if you're going to say YDI, make sure your reasoning is sound. -___-

there's some posts above that explain it. I read what they posted, and googled it for a cross reference :]

read the posts above and you'll see that her body could have reacted as if she was pregnant without her being pregnant. So regardless of testing, her hormone levels could be high enough to signal a pregnancy. Hysterical pregnancies are also known to be diagnosed as real pregnancies by doctors too. the pregnancy can show in the urine tests and blood tests even if she isn't actually pregnant. So she could've been urine tested and blood tested and that's where she came up with the conclusion that she was pregnant. It's really not clear until you get to the ultrasound.