Comparison of prenatal carè s initiation, pain and fourth stage bleeding in unintended and intended pregnancy in Iran

Prenatal care is a comprehensive program of maternal and neonatal care. This program includes pre conception assessment, initiation of prenatal care, and regular visits. Unintended pregnancies are associated delayed entry into prenatal care. Preventing of unintended pregnancies through decreasing of mother and neonatal problems, increases society health level. This was a casecontrol survey. By using a continued method, performed on 268 parturient presenting for vaginal delivery. According unintended or intended pregnancies were placed in two groups. Pregnancy outcomes include of initiation of prenatal care, fourth stage bleeding and pain was recorded for two groups. Initiation of prenatal care was completed through prenatal care centers, if they had any visit. According finding of this study, there were meaningful statistical evidences in initiation of prenatal care, and fourth stage bleeding. No other meaningful statistical differences in the fourth stage pain were found between the study groups. According the findings of the present study, unintended pregnancies are more likely to result in adverse health behaviors and outcome pregnancy. Therefore, Improving quality and access to family planning and emergency contraception, preconception counseling, reproductive health education, increasing of preventive health care for planning at the time of conception and increase of society health level is recommended.