Fear of Child birth - causes and coping strategies

This thesis addresses fear of childbirth, causes of birth anxiety and effective strategies helping to deal with those above. Bachelor thesis is divided into two major sections, theoretical and empirical one. In the theoretical part, the issue of birth anxiety is elaborated based on academical literature and most recent scientifical discoveries in the field of gynaecology. Detailed step-by-step information about the pregnancy periods as well as list of the physical and mental changes experienced by mothers in different trimesters is provided. Empirical part of the bachelor thesis consists of investigation of pregnant women fears, causes of anxiety and methods how to effectively handle them. Three major objectives were stated for purpose of the research. First aim is to discover and map the most common causes and impulses of childbirth fear in pregnant women. Second is to identify childbirth fear overcoming strategies. Finally, third objective is to determine the effect of previous childbirth experience on next labor. In order to achieve conclusion five major experimental questions were presented: - How women experience and perceive childbirth fear? - How do they manage to moderate the childbirth fear? - Which everyday casual impulses women mark as trigger mechanisms of their personal childbirth fear? - What is the most common fear iniciating thought? - Does previous childbirth experience influence the perception of next one