Babies!

Pseudocyesis also known as false pregnancy, can cause many of the signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy, and can resemble the condition in every way except for fetal presence. Other names include - spurious pregnancy, feigned pregnancy, imaginary pregnancy, hysterical pregnancy, phantom pregnancy and grossesse nerveuse ("mental pregnancy"). John Mason Good coined the term pseudocyesis from the Greek words pseudes (false) and kyesis (pregnancy) in 1923. False pregnancy is common in many mammals and is a method of providing milk for the group's offspring, most often cats, dogs, and rabbits.

I was reading about Lisa Montgomery’s defense strategy, and of course, they are using the Insanity defense claiming Lisa has Pseudocyesis. This does not make sense because the women planned her crime months prior to actually committing it. Not mention I do not think it has ever been documented that a women suffering from Pseudocyesis has an urge to cut out a live baby from a live human to justify their lies about being pregnant. It’s all rather convenant if you ask me.

I am so glad that I do not suffer from this mental disease because I think I might just end my life. I was raised around my teenage (14-16) cousins who were having babies. I am Hispanic which means we do not hire babysitters we just make the younger cousins watch our kids. That was me, until I hit 16, then I was officially done being a second parent. This is what I always felt like. I knew more about raising kids when I was 10, then knowing what being a 10 year old was like. My life of raising and taking care of children are over. I have no desire to be a mother, in fact the thought of being called “mom” kind of creeps me out. To have a disease where you believe you are pregnant, and so much that your body starts reacting like it is pregnant, is far too creepy for me.

Thank god for the little sanity I have.