Role of social support for pregnant women in maternal and postpartum care

Janik-Fuks Inga, Maciejewska Martyna, Korabiusz Katarzyna, Wawryków Agata, Wilczyńska Agnieszka, Stecko Monika, Fabian-Danielewska Anna. Role of social support for pregnant women in maternal and postpartum care. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(6):366-370. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3250420 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7042 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.05.2019. Revised: 25.05.2019. Accepted: 20.06.2019. Role of social support for pregnant women in maternal and postpartum care mgr Inga Janik-Fuks¹, mgr Martyna Maciejewska¹, mgr Katarzyna Korabiusz1, mgr Agata Wawryków¹, mgr Agnieszka Wilczyńska¹, mgr Monika Stecko1, Lek. Anna Fabian-Danielewska1,2 Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie, Studium Doktoranckie Wydziału Nauk o Zdrowiu NZOZ Przychodnia Medycyny Rodzinnej W.Fabian S.J., ul. Bł. Kadłubka 10-11, 71-521 Szczecin Corespondent author’s data: Inga Janik-Fuks email: inga.janik@wp.pl telefon: 697 458 242 Key words: social support, pregnancy, anxiety Abstract Pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care is special time in woman’s life. Often those moment cause many different emotions, both positive and negative. Mothers-to-be are often scared of childbirth, with following strong fear for life and health of their baby. The very moment of delivery can be special experience, unfortunately not always pleasant. This is why there is special note given to the role of social support as factor enhancing the proces of adaptation to the new role. Adequate support can reduce fear of childbirth, reduce probability of postpartum depression and enhance proper mother – child interaction