Knowledge And Preferences of Pregnant Women Towards Modes of Delivery

Abstract

Background: A health care practitioner can review the various options available for birth.  Vaginal delivery and C-section are examples of types of delivery.

Objective: To determine the knowledge and preferences of pregnant women towards vaginal and cesarean delivery, and to find the relationship between the result study and selected variable.

 Method and Material: The study used a descriptive cross-sectional design and involved 80 pregnant patients who were treated in hospitals in Tikrit. In order to achieve the goals of the study, a systematic questionnaire for interviews was employed to gather data on demographics, women knowledge about mode of delivery, and preferences mode of delivery. The study period runs from the16 November 2024 to the 2 January 2025.

Results: The largest proportion of the sample consists of women aged 31 to 38 (56.25%), regarding the knowledge majority of questions related to maternal knowledge was Infant bone fractures are impossible in CS 50(62.5%), Subsequently, delivery by caesarean section is less painful, but maternal problems are higher.

 And the less common was   don’t know about maternal complications of cesarean delivery are greater.

Conclusions and Recommendations: The study found that the majority of participants in the sample were women between the ages of 31 and 38 who lacked sufficient information. Health education programs about pregnancy that are given through PHCs and the media must be reorganised in order to increase awareness among women of reproductive age, reduce pregnancy-related issues, and enhance perinatal outcomes.