"Denied Pregnancy"

21-year-old woman was unaware of her pregnancy until she went into labour, at which time
she went into a state of panic. She delivered a dead baby. She was interviewed over the 5 days
following delivery and referred for psychiatric assessment. She was discharged when cleared of
serious psychiatric illness.At follow-up she was well but haunted by recollections of the
delivery. She was referred for further counselling.

Source

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9034478/

This is the article that I chose since it is related to the nursing care plan I made and actually
everything is related to MCN and high risk, Moreover,denied pregnancy encompasses a big
impact on both mother and to the baby so we better be aware of these matters.Denial of
pregnancy is more common than realised. It is a heterogeneous condition associated with
different coping styles and psychiatric diagnoses. Early testing for pregnancy is recommended in
young women with nausea, weight gain and menstruation-like bleeding.

Denial of pregnancy can cause complications to both the mother and the baby, including:
Distress of mind, no antenatal care, abuse of the fetus, delivery when alone and unassisted,
leading to precipitous delivery into the toilet, neglect of the newborn and can lead of killing the
newborn – this may be passive, in the case of non-psychotic denial. In such cases, the death is
brought about by neglect and exposure, often because the mother becomes extremely
disoriented following the birth. In the case of psychotic denial, the mother is more likely to kill
the baby actively.