When we're talking about... so - called psychiatric disorders, none of them are actual diseases due to
physical abnormalities within the child,» states Baughman.
Pregnancy, however, falls comfortably into none of the usual definitions of disease: it is not a state inimical to the way one is supposed to feel; it is not a condition in which body components and systems are acting inharmoniously (to the contrary, infertility would more likely fall
within that definition); it is not a state of
abnormality — for the pregnant woman functions satisfactorily
within society, and the social and
physical environment tolerates the pregnant woman perfectly.