An acute phobia about childbirth is deterring some women from becoming mothers. Meredith O’Donnell reports
Around me in the cinema people laughed, as I sat, body twisted away from the screen and my face shielded by my coat, wondering how quickly I could toss the shopping out of my bag if I had to throw up.
Even writing this now, a scene from the film flashes into my mind and I feel light-headed; my insides start to twitch, and a sour taste fills my mouth.
I shouldn’t have gone to see Knocked Up, last year’s hit film. But when you’re standing in Leicester Square trying to accommodate someone else’s viewing preferences five minutes before a film begins, you hope you can get through a rom-com without having to reveal your psychological disability – a disability that is usually greeted with “What? Oh don’t be so ridiculous!”
