pseudopregnancy

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In late July, the giant panda began sleeping more, eating less, nest building and body licking — behaviors consistent with pregnancy or pseudopregnancy, the zoo said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2020

According to the San Diego Zoo blog, "a pseudopregnancy occurs when a female exhibits the signs and symptoms of pregnancy when in fact she is not experiencing one."

From National Geographic • Aug. 20, 2015

If she does not give birth at the end of the cycle, she has experienced what is a called a false pregnancy or pseudopregnancy.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2015

Females can experience a "pseudopregnancy" that causes hormone spikes and changes in behavior, such as reduced appetite and mobility - similar to the symptoms of an actual pregnancy.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2013

The British Medical Journal reports that a 27-year-old soldier felt so much sympathy for his pregnant wife that he suffered attacks of pseudopregnancy himself.

From Time Magazine Archive