Receiving Care Prior to Giving Birth for Women who Gave Birth at The Maternity and Children’s Hospital

Objective: This study has been carried out with the purpose of determining and evaluating how women benefit from care and education services prior to giving birth. Material and Methods: The samples of the study consist of 200 women who have given birth at the Kahramanmara？ Maternity and Children’s Hospital and volunteered to participate in our study.Data has been collected through the survey forms consisting of 28 questions and evaluated with the SPSS software program using the percentage and Chi-Square tests.The statistical significance level has been accepted as p<0.05. Results: The age average of women who participated in our study is 26.0 ± 5.8. It has been determined that 56.5% of the women have received education prior to giving birth and that 57.4% of this education has been given by doctors. 55.0% of the women who participated in the study have been examined for 6 times and more, 62.5% have had regular check-ups each month and 45.5% have preferred the state hospital for their examinations. It has been seen that the mothers were given information about the development of their babies, care, feeding, cleaning during pregnancy, periods and hygiene after giving birth, where and how the delivery would be and nursing their babies. In the statistical analysis, a relationship has been determined between the distance of the place the women were examined and the number of examinations, the babies’ birth weight and the mothers’ receiving education during their pregnancies and the duration of nursing their babies after giving birth for women who have received information about nursing babies(p<0.05). Conclusion: As a result of the study, it has been concluded that the women have benefited from the care services at a standard level prior to giving birth and that the care and education given prior to giving birth have positively affected the health of the mothers and their babies