PENGARUH PRENATAL YOGA TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN DAN DENYUT JANTUNG JANIN IBUHAMIL PRIMIGRAVIDA TRIMESTER III DALAM MENGHADAPI PERSALINAN DI WILAYAHPUSKESMAS SIDOREJO LOR SALATIGA

Psychological changes are often experienced by pregnant women. One of them is anxiety before childbirth. If the anxienty is not well-treated, it will cause negative effects on the mother and the fetus, in which the baby easily feels anxiety and it will influence the fetal heart rate (FHH). Prenatal yoga can reverse the effects of stress involving the parasympatic part of the central nervous system so that it is expected to reduce maternal anxiety.Methods : The purpose of this study is to find out the influence of prenatal yoga towards anxiety level and fetal heart rate of primigravida mothers on the 3rd trimester in facing childbirth. The methods applied in this study were pre-experimental research, design of one group using pretest-post test design. The total population of pregnant women on the 3rd trimester was 27 respondents and the purposive sampling technique used 16 respondents as the sample. The univariat and bivariat analyses applied Wilcoxon.Results : The findings of this study showed that there was an anxiety difference of primigravida mothers on the 3rd trimester in facing childbirth before and after practicing prenatal yoga (p-value 0,000 0,05).Suggestions : Therefore, it is suggested to pregnant women that they take part in yoga exercises during pregnancy