Abstract

Phantom pregnancy or pseudocyesis happens to be a rare psychological condition. Here we present a case of pseudocyesis leading to folie a deux, a shared delusion of pregnancy between husband and wife. Folie a deux is a term coined by Lasegue and Falret in 1877 meaning shared psychotic disorder. In this condition, a member develops the delusion first and is likely the dominant member in a close relationship with a more suggestible person who also develops the delusion. Herewith, we describe such a rare case in which a married couple undergoing in vitro fertilization for infertility treatment shared delusions of pregnancy against substantial medical evidence.