COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHILDBIRTH EXPECTATIONS BETWEEN PRIMIGRAVIDAE AND MULTIGRAVIDAE WOMEN IN SOME SELECTED HOSPITALS IN ENUGU STATE

📄 Project Abstract

Pregnancy is a time of excitement, anticipation and planning interspersed with periods of anxiety, fear and stress all of which are quite normal (Tiran, 2010). Generally, expectant mothers spend the early pregnancy coping with various physiological discomforts like early morning sickness and backache while trying to continue with their day to day lives. It is not until later in their pregnancy that they begin to think about the impending birth, perhaps worrying about pain and its relief during labour and the actual delivering of the baby and also planning for how they would want it to be (Tiran, 2010). Childbirth is a unique experience for any parents and along with it are beliefs and expectations that have cultural variations (Callister, 2009). It is often glamorized as a spiritual journey, but physically it is called labour for a reason because it can be a transcendent experience for many women. Cara, (2014) also posits that childbirth without adding any other stressful or complicati...