Pregnancy and Childbirth from Maternal Health Perspective

Every pregnancy has some risk of problem during pregnancy and child birth. These problems range from simple to more complicated and even death of mother and child. Problem of vaginal bleeding, infection, swelling of legs, vomiting tendency and morning sickness, loss of appetite, problems in sleep are some common health problems. Likewise, high blood pressure, unsafe abortion, and obstructed labor, mental depression, diabetes during pregnancy and cardiovascular diseases are the complicated health problems. A descriptive study on pregnancy and health was carried out at Khidim gaunpalika of Arghakhanchi district in March 2017. Main objective of this study was to identify health problems in female during their pregnancy. Mothers who attended antenatal visit to local health post were taken as the respondents. The study included 76 antenatal cases in total with purposive sampling method. Interview as a tool was applied for data collection and descriptive analysis was done.