CalabashPregnancy:AMalingeringResponsetoInfertilityComplicatedby DomesticViolence

This is a case report of a 2 0- year old para 0+0 who presented with an 11-month pregnancy. On evaluation, the pregnancy was found to be a fake made-up ‘calabash pregnancy’. There were no pregnancy symptoms and she had just menstruated three weeks prior to presentation. This was a deliberate event in response to delayed pregnancy attainment complicated by domestic violence . Domestic violence was in the form of verbal and physical abuse and later was on a monthly basis precipitated by onset of her menstrual flow . The patient ’s age, monogamous union and the fact that she is an orphan made her vulnerable to domestic violence.