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The research was conducted to determine the factors affecting the birth type preferences of primiparous pregnancies.  METHODS: The study was conducted with 102 primiparous pregnant women who admitted to a public and private hospital in Famagusta between September 2017-February 2018. Written consents of pregnants were obtained for the study. The data were collected with Pregnancy Introducing Features Form and Obstetric Story Form and the Prenatal Self Evaluation Questionnaire Fear of Birth Subscale and Birth Preparedness Subscale. Frequency, chi-square, mean, standard deviation, t-test were used in the evaluation of the data. Significance level is assumed as p<0.05. Results: It was found that 76.5% of pregnant women prefer vaginal birth and 23.5% prefer courageous delivery. 84 is. 6% of pregnants preferred vaginal birth because of it's natural, 58.3% of pregnants preferred bold delivery because of they fear of birth and pain. There was not statistically a significant difference between birth preferences according to age, education, working status, place of residence and family type of pregnant women (p>0.05). When gestational weeks were examined, 38 weeks and after pregnancies were preferred more bold birth than 38 weeks before pregnancies (p=0.019). It was determined that there was no difference between birth preference according to pregnancy demand, planning of pregnancy, obtaining birth-oriented information, gender of the baby and preferences of hospitals (p>0.05). It was found that birth fear was effective in determining birth preference (p=0. 000) and birth preparedness wasn't effective (p=0.953).  Discussions and conclusions: Attempts which reduce fear of birth, should be applied before 38th week of pregnancy to ensure vaginal birth preference. When planning these initiatives, women’s preferences for birth type should be considered.

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