The Effect of Psyco-Education Applied in Primiparal Pregnancy on Birth Fear, Prenatal Attachment and Anxiety

Abstract

Fear of childbirth during pregnancy is considered normal up to a certain level. It is important when it is experienced in a discomfortingly and affects daily life. Psychological problems such as fear of childbirth and related anxiety cause deterioration of prenatal attachment. Therefore, psychological interventions in the antenatal period are gaining more and more importance in order to protect the mental health of women.