Abstract:

Even though a physiological process, pregnancy and delivery are the sources of severe stress and excitement. The aim of this study is to investigate the parameters those effected women with pregnancy while choosing the delivery type. After obtaining ethics approval, women admitted to our outpatient unit for routine examination were accepted as the study group. Women with pregnancy met with the inclusion criteria were asked to complete the questionnaire including demographic data. A total of 410 records were evaluated. The mean age of the patients was 26,27∓5,83 and the mean pregnancy week was 22,16∓9,96. Since a total of 354 (%86,3) patients were wished to have vaginal delivery, 56 (%13,7) to have cesarean section. To decide the delivery type, one hundred women with pregnancy (%24,4) were affected by their husband, 75 (%18,3) by their environment, and 329 (%80,2) by their doctor. While comparing those three factors, 362 (%89,1) patients were found to be affected by their doctor in the first place, 15 (%3,2) by their environment, and 33 (%7,7) by their husband. The primary cause of vaginal delivery of women was accepting vaginal delivery safer. The primary cause of cesarean section of women was fear of vaginal delivery. The most important factor of avoiding vaginal delivery by women with pregnancy is unawareness causing fear to delivery itself, and we concluded that education is necessary to establish a stable background about delivery by physicians to prepare the women with pregnancy to the delivery.

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