Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Meenakshi Chauhan ¹, Akhil Jain ², Neeti Jain ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Dr. H.S. GOUT University, Sagar, M.P., IN
2 Bundelkhand Medical College, Sagar, IN
3 B.H.M.S., Sagar, M.P., IN

Abstract

This study focuses on the stress management during pregnancy. Stress is the way your body reacts to something that IS out of the ordinaiy, dangerous, unknown or disturbing. When under stress, your body makes physical and chemical changes to try to protect it. Almost anything can cause stress. Everyone responds to stressful situations in their own way. An extremely stressful situation for one person may not be at all stressful to another Due to different reactions to stress, it is difficult to study how stress may affect pregnancy. In this study five pregnant women were regularly observed for three months. The stress causing situations were different m all the five cases as they were from different backgrounds (culturally, financially, socially, etc.). Hypertension, Convulsions, Physical Weakness, Chest pain and Continuous abdominal pain were observed m the subjects. Different methods were adopted to manage the stress in the above cases which showed siginficant positive results.

Keywords

Stress, Pregiancy, Anxiety, Counseling and Rural Area.

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