The day of birth is the riskiest day for both the mother and the newborn as nearly 40 per cent of newborn deaths and half of maternal deaths occur on the day of birth. Measures to ensure that every woman delivers in a health facility, assisted by a skilled birth attendant, are key to preventing these deaths as nearly five million newborns are delivered at home in India every year according to the UNICEF(2019) In India more than one in seven hundred women did not receive antenatal care during their last pregnancy – nearly half of them, due to lack of counselling on health care, their family and their husband did not think it was necessary and did not allow it, which states according to the National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4).
Women who have become pregnant for the first time will have mixture of anxiety, tension worry and several such fluctuating moods. This helped them to understand the various factors of pregnancy. Important to study the knowledge of the pregnant women towards her first pregnancy especially in the three consequent trimester.
Prenatal care known as antenatal care, is a type of preventive health care. In which it provides regular check-ups for the pregnant women that allow doctors or midwives treat and prevent possible health problems throughout the development of the pregnancy and to support healthy lifestyles that benefit mother and child.
