What is the medical term meaning your body acts like you are pregnant but you are not?

Answer 1

I have heard it called a phantom pregnancy when you feel like you have pregnancy symptoms.....but it is most likely a chemical pregnancy. The reason it is called this is because it started out to be a true pregnancy with a fertilized egg (embryo) that started to implant in the uterus. However for some reason or another, the growth discontinued and it was absorbed back into the uterus. You could actually receive a positive result on a home pregnancy test depending on what stage the loss occurred. This actually occurs much more often than we are aware, We are just discovering it more often now due to the sensitivity of the early pregnancy tests as well as the occurrence of this in the growing number of IVF procedures. It is possible to begin to get the symptoms such as tender breasts, tiredness, nauseousness, etc. These will however disappear as soon as your menstrual cycle begins and the lining is shed. Hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

It could possibly be a chemical or phantom pregnancy.

Answer 3

Pseudocyesis is the medical term meaning false pregnancy.