Emotional changes during pregnancy and their relation to selected socio-biological and obstetric variables

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to reveal the prevailing emotional changes among pregnant women and the relation between these changes and some selected variables. The target group amounted to 100 pregnant women. They were selected randomly from two MCH centers in Alexandria. The results of the study showed that emotional changes are extremely common during pregnancy where anxiety over labor and delivery was the commonest followed by emotional liability. The least change was the reworking of repressed wishes. Moreover, many statistical significant relations were observed between these changes and the different study variables. These findings indicate the importance of providing emotional support to the pregnant women. This support should be given by MCH staff and the family