If you know any couple who wants to opt for a cryptic baby, kindly advise them to adopt a child instead.
There is often a kind of devastation that follows a discovery that a child thought to be your is not yours.
Compounding the matter is the fact that you may not know the real parents except you trace your step back.
Unfortunately, more women are opting for this cryptic baby that is wrapped in secrecy.
We do not believe that this cryptic pregnancy is actually what it is crusaded as.
Here are our reasons.
The number of women delivering through this process is on the increase and this is far beyond what science talks about such form of pregnancy.
For instance, anecdotal evidence are available, highlighting that a woman with cryptic pregnancy might not be aware she is pregnant.
But the number of persons this could happen to is 1 out of 475 women (1).
However, in Nigeria the woman knows she is carrying a cryptic baby and believes she has signs that there is a baby.
Her tummy becomes round and shows no shape like that of a truly pregnant woman, yet medical scan shows nothing.
Also, in Nigeria, a cryptic baby is a result of a stimulation, unlike what is obtainable in other clans.
DNA Test Proof
Unfortunately, more women are jumping on this cryptic baby option.
But we would like to recommend that couples who got a baby through this cryptic process should go for a DNA test.
Basically, our recommendation is because cryptic pregnancy is not a formula for creating babies. It is about being pregnant and not knowing. A natural occurrence.
As bare as this truth is, some women fall victim because they do not bother to give a deep thought to why the baby makers insist they must give birth to the cryptic baby in their ‘clinic’.
According to a study, women who give birth to cryptic babies, often have contractions that end in delivery (2).
This is true, even when the woman is not aware she is pregnant.
In the past one and half decades, the number of baby factories in Nigeria has been on the increase. As the world evolves, they tweak their strategy and come up with new models.
For this reason, we again recommend that you go for a DNA test to confirm the paternity of the cryptic baby.
According to a study, a woman who eventually gave birth discovered she was pregnant after doctors observed she was dilating (3).
We have had discussions with persons claiming to have a cryptic pregnancy going, and majority of them say they are to give birth at a specific home.
It is a situation that leaves the mind worried over the true nature of this birth system.
From what we were told, the home owners would induce the woman and then when she regains consciousness, she would find a baby by her side.
Here again is another reason a DNA test is necessary.
Why Adoption May Be Better
We know that a woman who wants a child, slips into a well of desperation, but we would advise you to opt for adoption instead of a cryptic pregnancy that is highly expensive and shrouded in secrecy.
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When you adopt a child, your mind is at peace and you actually are aware of how you got the child.
Adoption is also not as expensive as this cryptic pregnancy which costs over a million naira for the process. This is inclusive of some purported herbs that make a woman pregnant.
As a women, you should know that you can ‘eat yourself to pregnancy’ and this is what we promote and teach the women who have conceived after taking our fertility course.