Pregnancy is a time awaited by many women. Entering pregnancy, there are changes that occur both biologically due to hormonal changes, but also psychologically. generally occurs at productive age before entering menopause. difficult phase, so pregnant women experience excessive fear and anxiety during pregnancy childbirth, factors, internal external. Fear usually more felt in with their first c...

Aims: Fear of childbirth (FOB) in pregnant women is critical because it may affect prenatal outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of cognitive-behavioral education on fear of child birth during pregnancy. Materials & Methods: A clinical trial study with two intervention groups and one control group was conducted among nulliparous women visiting Gorgan health centers in fi...

Background: Approximately 3% of women develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after giving birth, and 7.5% of pregnant women show a pathological fear of childbirth (FoC). FoC or childbirth-related PTSD during (a subsequent) pregnancy can lead to a request for an elective caesarean section as well as adverse obstetrical and neonatal outcomes. For PTSD in general, and several subtypes of spe...

This prospective study investigated how pain catastrophizing was related to labor pain intensity and physical recovery after childbirth. Eighty-eight women giving birth for the first time completed the first questionnaire before delivery. Eighty-two of those returned the second questionnaire after delivery. Participants were classified as catastrophizers (n=38) or non-catastrophizers (n=44) bas...

Abstract Background Fear of childbirth is reported in 13% fathers, and it may have adverse consequences for the fathers’ health as well their families. To reduce fear expectant an appropriate screening tool needed. Due to lack a valid reliable questionnaire measure childbirth, this study was conducted develop Fathers’ Childbirth Scale evaluate its psychometric properties. Methods This mixed met...

Childbirth is a relevant happening in a woman's life, as it is a unique moment for the mother-child binomial. This study aimed at understanding the factors that interfere in the experience lived by childbearing women. Seven women who gave birth through normal childbirth in a public maternity in Fortaleza-Ceará participated in the study. Data were collected from June to August, 2003. Ethnonursin...