The Anxiety Women Aren't Talking About with Alexia Leachman

In this powerful and deeply important episode of Things I Want My Daughters to Know, I'm joined by Alexia Leachman for a conversation about a rarely discussed but widely experienced issue — reproductive anxiety. Often known as tocophobia, this condition goes far beyond a fear of childbirth. As Alexia explains, it can affect women long before pregnancy, shaping their life choices, relationships, and sense of safety in their own bodies — often without them even realising it. We explore how reproductive anxiety can be rooted in subconscious trauma, cultural narratives, and inherited beliefs, and why it remains so misunderstood within both medical and mental health spaces.