Study of Traditional Methods Utilized to Relieve Minor Discomfort During the third Trimester of Pregnancy

Abstract

Background: pregnant women suffer from minor discomforts during their pregnancy period. wich are due to hormonal change. The common of minor discomforts are nausea and vomiting, fatigue, constipation ,heart burn, backache ,dyspnea, leg cramps varicose vein, insomnia even though changes are not dangerous, still bothersome. Women use number of traditional methods remedies to relieve minor discomforts. Aim to study of traditional methods utilized to relieve minor discomfort during third trimester of pregnancy. Design: A descriptive design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at Heker Altebeen center and Alwehda Alrefeua bal Massaken Al-marazeq center. Subjects: A purposive sample include (75) pregnant women were involved in the study from the previous mentioned setting. Tools: Data were collected through using two tools; I- An Interviewing questionnaire sheet. II- Assessment of traditional practices. Results: The study revealed that statistical significant relationship between age and residence of the studied pregnant women and their knowledge regarding the utilized traditional methods for relieving minor discomforts during third trimester and statistical significant relationship between gravidity history of the studied pregnant women and their knowledge regarding the utilized traditional methods for relieving minor discomforts during third trimester. Conclusion: more than half of the studied pregnant women reported that the utilized traditional methods for relieving minor discomfort were high effective, while more than one quarter of studied pregnant women reported moderate effectiveness and less than one quarter of studied pregnant women reported mild effectiveness. Recommendations: Health education program for women should be developed to raise their awareness about the physiology of pregnancy and useful traditional practices during pregnancy.