Abstract:

This research was carried out to determine the self-perception of pregnant women and the individual, sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics that are effective on motherhood and body image. 305 pregnant women who applied to gynecology and obstetrics outpatient clinic were included in the descriptive study. The data were obtained using the introductory information form and the Self-perception of Pregnants Scale. Percentage calculations, mean and standard deviation, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman correlation analysis were used to evaluate the data. Marriage age, duration of marriage, education level of the pregnant women and their spouse, occupation, family type, marriage type, relationship with spouse, number of pregnancies, satisfaction with the gender of the baby, miscarriage, stillbirth, health problem, regular check-up status support, body mass index (BMI) during pregnancy are factors affecting the perception of motherhood. Factors affecting body perception are; place of residence, spouse education level, spouse profession, infant gender, perceiving weight as a problem, and negative perception of body image that changes / will change. Pregnancy perception of motherhood mean score was found to be 27.02 ± 2.00 and pregnancy-related body perception average score was found to be 7.54 ± 3.19. The results obtained from the study show that the perception of maternity and body perception of pregnant women is positive.

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