Informing the mothers about all the developments and expected
situations during pregnancy starting from the pre-pregnancy period ensures that
mothers have a more conscious and healthy, safe pregnancy period. This information
should also include the father on some issues, so that the father becomes
conscious about the issues that he can support the expectant mother. After
birth, mothers should be informed about maternity and infant care. The
widespread use of these informative activities in hospitals, private centers,
television, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet enables the prospective
mothers in the country to get to know themselves better, in other words,
pregnancy and birth. Being informed brings courage and peace, on the contrary,
living with ignorance and hearsay leads to situations such as fear, anxiety,
lack of confidence, lack of self-confidence, and indecision. Armed with
conscious and accurate information, expectant mothers are confident during pregnancy
and birth, and, if necessary, participate in decision-making with their doctor,
and suggest healthy ideas; As a result of all this, mother and baby health is
carried to higher levels in the country.
Although the level and scope of informing the mother candidates
may vary according to the educational, cultural and socioeconomic level of the
woman and her family, certain information should be provided to each family in
a suitable scope and form. Such practices should be emphasized in various ways
in various countries in the world.
Prospective
mothers should be informed about:
Before
pregnancy:
- Female anatomy
- Correct and balanced nutrition
- Consanguineous marriage and genetic diseases
- Information about the chronic diseases of the expectant
mother, if any, and their effects on pregnancy
- Information about smoking and alcohol use
- Sexual intercourse, family planning, adequate breaks
between births and necessary birth control methods
During
pregnancy:
- Tests and tests during pregnancy
- Nutrition during pregnancy
- Medicines, vitamins to be used in pregnancy
- Changes in pregnancy to the body of the expectant mother
- Complaints and symptoms that the mother will encounter
during pregnancy
- Baby development stages
- Screening tests applied in pregnancy and their goals,
results
- Substances to be considered during pregnancy such as
cigarettes, alcohol, sweeteners and caffeine
- Travels such as cars, planes during pregnancy
- Sexual intercourse during pregnancy
- Dressing during pregnancy
- Psychological changes in pregnancy
- Weight gain during pregnancy
- Exercise and sports during pregnancy
- Ultrasonography in pregnancy, its benefits and limits
- Mother's counting and tracking baby movements
In the near
term:
- Symptoms indicating the onset of birth
- What to do when preparing for birth
- Correct breathing and straining techniques
- Information about normal birth and cesarean, in which cases
cesarean may be required
- Painless birth, epidural anesthesia and other applications
that will increase the comfort of the mother candidate in normal birth
- What is the birth incision (episiotomy), in what cases and
why it is applied.
After the
birth:
- Symptoms and complaints that may occur after normal birth
and cesarean
- Mother and baby care after birth
- Changes that occur in the body after birth (return to old)
- Postpartum exercise and sports, weight loss, nutrition
- Postpartum sexual intercourse
- Methods of menstruation and prevention after childbirth
- Preparing to be a parent and psychosocial adaptation
Many studies have shown that educating and informing
prospective mothers reduces birth complications, increased normal birth rates,
made mother feel less pain and more comfortable delivery, increased the rate of
recalling mothers 'births as a good memory, decreased mothers' anxiety at
birth, shortened delivery times. reduced the need for medical intervention at
birth.
-FALSE PREGNANCY
-PREGNANCY IN ADVANCED AGE
-PREGNANCY AT EARLY AGE
-CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE
