Effect of Prenatal Yoga on Changes in Fetal Position in Pregnancy

Abstract

Based on a preliminary study, there were 18.31% who had a breech delivery, it would result in complications in the baby such as asphyxia, bleeding or soft tissue edema, damage to the medulla oblongata, damage to the cervical spine joints, and even death due to severe asphyxia. determine the effect of Prenatal Yoga on Changes in Fetal Position in Pregnant Women. This type of observational research uses a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-pest with control group design. The research was conducted in the city of Kediri. The sample in this study was 32, namely third trimester pregnant women with gestational age > 28 weeks who experienced breech, latitude, and obligate fetal positions which were divided into 2 groups of 16 intervention groups (Prenatal Yoga) and 16 people as controls (pregnancy exercise). The sampling technique used is simple random sampling. Bivariate analysis using Mann Whitney Test. The results obtained are Z = -2.626 and -value 0.009 <0.05 so that Ho is rejected and it can be concluded that there is an effect of Prenatal Yoga on Changes in Fetal Position in Pregnant Women in Kediri City. Yoga exercises to help change the position of the fetus are more focused on providing a wide space in the abdomen, flexing the muscles of the uterus and pelvis. Three movements were used in this study, namely cat cow, downward-facing dog and puffy pose. Suggestions for health workers that prenatal yoga can be a solution and can be applied to help change the position of the fetus from malpresentation to head position.