The pregnancy school operating in Tekirdağ Dr. İsmail Fehmi Cumalıoğlu City Hospital prepares expectant mothers for both birth and postpartum period. According to the information provided by Women's Health Specialist Nurse Nesibe Sulamış, thanks to the pregnant school trainings, mothers enter a more conscious birth process and reduce fear and stress.
The pregnancy school at Tekirdağ Dr. İsmail Fehmi Cumalıoğlu City Hospital prepares expectant mothers for both birth and the postpartum process. According to the information provided by Women's Health Specialist Nurse Nesibe Sulamış, thanks to the pregnancy school trainings, mothers enter a more conscious birth process. Pregnancy schools play an important role in reducing the fears of expectant mothers about the birth process. Mothers become more conscious with the trainings given about the changes that can be experienced before pregnancy and during childbirth. Thanks to the trainings, expectant mothers are preparing for a more comfortable and safe birth, especially by overcoming their anxieties about the normal birth process. With the support of physiotherapists, dieticians and psychologists, expectant mothers become more physically and mentally prepared for birth. The accurate and scientific information provided during this process also prevents the information pollution encountered on social media.
“Healthy pregnancy, healthy mother, healthy baby”
Tekirdağ Dr. İsmail Fehmi Cumalıoğlu City Hospital Pregnant School Responsible Nurse and Women's Health Specialist Nurse Nesibe Sulamış said, “First of all, we serve with the understanding of ‘healthy pregnant, healthy mother, healthy baby’ in our hospital. We prepare our mothers for both birth and motherhood with pregnancy schools. Pregnancy school is a program where comprehensive trainings on pre-pregnancy information, prenatal and postnatal processes are provided. Pregnant women can register by applying to our hospital or by phone. Our school is an educational process that lasts 4 weeks and consists of 4 sessions. In the first session, we provide both theoretical and practical training about the changes experienced before and during pregnancy and the exercises to be done. In the second session, we discuss methods that facilitate birth and nutrition during pregnancy. In the third session, we focus on newborn baby care and the breastfeeding process. In the last session, we cover the puerperium and family planning. Spouses also participate in our training. After the trainings, we continue to follow and support mothers in the postpartum period. We have trained over 100 pregnant women in the last 9 months.”
“My fear of normal birth has decreased”
Hilal Bilir Tüysüz, one of the participants of the pregnancy school, stated that it was her first pregnancy and said:
“I am 32 weeks pregnant and I learned about the pregnancy school through brochures. Then I met Nesibe Nurse here. We received very good information on the subject. We went through important trainings with a physiotherapist, dietician and psychologist. We visited the delivery room and got much more information about normal birth. In this process, my fears of normal birth decreased considerably and we decided on our birth process. I recommend everyone to attend the pregnancy school.”
“We are exposed to information pollution on social media”
Mehmet Tüysüz emphasized that attending the pregnancy school was very useful for them and said the following:
“While my wife was attending the pregnancy school, I was surprised at first when I was told that spouses should also be included. However, when I attended the training, I realized that we should be involved in this process. We had many question marks about how we could help our spouses after birth, baby care and psychological support. We were exposed to a lot of information pollution on social media and therefore we were confused. However, it was very good to learn the right information in this process. We thank the pregnancy school.”
“We were very stressed because it was our first pregnancy”
Pınar Batu, another expectant mother who participated in the pregnancy school, said, “I am 29 years old and this is my first pregnancy. We overcame many of our fears here. We received important information about both the birth process and the postpartum process. Since it was our first pregnancy, we were both very excited and stressed. However, we feel better thanks to these trainings.”
“Great support for first-time mothers”
Another participant Özlem Şazmaz stated that she is 37 years old and is experiencing her first pregnancy and said the following:
“I am 29 weeks pregnant and I met the pregnancy school during this process. During the 4-week training, we received training from experts in many different branches such as physiotherapists, dieticians and psychologists. These trainings were really useful in order to eliminate the anxieties of first-time mothers like us. We received breastfeeding training and learned about the importance of breast milk. I hope we will complete this process in the healthiest way possible.”
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