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Student Project | Obstetrics and Gynecology | India | Volume 11 Issue 10, October 2022

Effectiveness of Child Birth Education on Intrapartum Coping among Primi Mothers at Selected Government Maternity Hospitals Hyderabad T S

N Vandana

Abstract: Pregnancy and delivery are natural and joyous human events. The child birth is a universally celebrated event and the happiest occasion in a women?s life, though it carries some amount of risk to the feto-maternal unit. Inappropriate mental and physical preparation of the pregnant woman regarding the birthing process can leave her in a state of anxiety, gaining confidence by enhancing knowledge about childbirth can be considered as an important factor influencing a pregnant woman birthing experiences. Health education is a complex activity in which different individuals and organizations play a part. It is carried out by variety of people. Nurses have a key role in labour. She is the communicator between the client and physicians. Nurses are more approachable and they have many chances to enhance the knowledge of clients with health education. Labor preparedness (intra natal care) will help pregnant women to make a positive experience as it dissolves fears and makes pregnancy a time to remember. Child birth education can help women learn how simple birth can and should be, how to stay confident in their ability to grow and birth their babies, and how to avoid spoiling the pregnancy with worry and fear. Aims & Objectives: Prepare and provide Child Birth Education to primi mothers regarding Intrapartum Coping in the experimental group. Assess the Intrapartum Coping among primi mothers in the experimental and control group. Analyse the effectiveness of Child Birth Education on Intrapartum Coping among primi mothers in experimental group. Find the association between Intrapartum Coping of primi mothers in experimental and control groups with selected variables. Methodology: The research design selected for this study was quasi experimental design. It provides control of when and whom the measurement is applied. Present study was conducted on primi mothers were in latent phase of labour.

Keywords: Pregnancy, Intrapartum, Primigravida

Edition: Volume 11 Issue 10, October 2022,

Pages: 990 - 993