The Lived Experience of Pregnancy-related Anxiety among Women with a History of Pregnancy Loss in the Case of Zewditu and Gandhi Memorial Hospitals, Addis Ababa.
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2021-08
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Addis Abeba University
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Background: During pregnancy, a woman's body undergoes significant physiologicalchange and it is a very vulnerable time in a woman's life which may be understood as apart of a woman's transition to motherhood as being with child', a paradox of joy andsuffering due to the coming of a newborn child and unexpected fetal loss and relatedcomplications. Thus, during a period of transition interpersonal and emotional support aswell as time for personal reflection are needed.
Objective: To gain a better understanding of lived experiences of pregnancy-relatedanxiety among women having a history of pregnancy loss.
Methods: A descriptive phenomenological technique was utilized to describe theexperiences of women about pregnancy-related anxiety with pregnant mothers having ahistory of pregnancy loss. Participants were recruited from Zewditu and Gandhi MemorialHospitals in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The purposive sampling (criterion)technique was employed to choose participants from the chosen venues. Face-to-face indepth in
tervieandparticipantobservationwereusedtoobtaindata.Aftermakingsenseofallofthedatabyreadingitrepeatedly,thedata was broken down intointelligibleunitsorthemes.Following the progression of themes of the study, the complete data set was reorganized, and a detailed account of the lived experiences was documented.
Result: Eight pregnant women, each in a different background, took part in the study. Thestudy's main focus was on the pregnancy-related anxiety that women with a history ofpregnancy loss experienced during the current pregnancy period. The circumstances offetal loss are beyond an individual's control, as well as the obstacles and challenges facedby women who have experienced it, as well as the incidence changing the individual lives and families as a whole. In general, the researcher was found four themes 'that areemerged in the data.
Conclusion& Recommendation: According to the study, Pregnancy-related anxiety wasconfirmed to be an emotional experience for women with a history of fetal loss, resultingin unpleasant recollections of pregnancy-related experiences for which they were notready, or expect such incidence to happen to their life. As a result, women who haveemotional difficulties or experiences throughout the data collection period were given psychological assistance, and psychoeducation is provided on times and locations of treatment that are accessible to them.
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Pregnancy loss,pregnancy, anxiety , women