tocophobia

tocophobia (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of tokophobia
   • 2018 September 13, Sarah Marsh, “Rise in childbirth terror disorder 'fuelled by social media'”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Catriona Jones, a lecturer in midwifery at the University of Hull, who has studied tocophobia, believes social media is partly to blame for the phenomenon. “You just have to Google childbirth and you’re met with a tsunami of horror stories,” she said.

• octophobia