International Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 10

Management of stress during gestation period

  • Author:
  • Ipseeta Satpathy1, BMC Patnik2, Sourav Mohanty3
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 144 to 153

1Professor, Ksom, KIIT University

2Associate Professor, Ksom, KIIT University

3PHD. Scholar, Ksom, KIIT University

Abstract

People come across stress and anxiety now and then. Any event or incident that makes you feel frustrated or nervous gives you stress, and found more in women during pregnancy. Women experiences fear, worry and unease that adversely affects the development of the child making the pregnancy unhealthier and unhappy. Likewise, babies born from stressed moms are usually underweight, have asthma problem and lower IQ. So, stress experienced during pregnancy is a serious issue that needs to be dealt with. The study indicates the various causes of stress during pregnancy and measures to overcome it. Further, it also discusses about the postpartum depression and Post traumatic stress and its effects on Pregnancy.

Keywords

Pregnancy, Stress management, post-traumatic stress disorder, postpartum depression