Psychological Intervention and Exercise to Promote Maternal and Fetal Health during Labor in Yogyakarta

The major causes of maternal death in Indonesia are bacterial infection, toxemia, obstetrical hemoeehage, ectopic pregnancy, puerperal sepsis, amniotic fluid embolism, and comlications of abortions. Various effort have been done to overcome this matter one of them is psychological intervention and exercise. Research target is to see the effect of psychological intervention and exercise during pragnancy in first stage and second stage. Research method, this research have the character of retrospective and data taken from normal pregnancy following pragnant exercise in one of the hospital in Yogyakarta since January until May 2005. Result or research from 56 mother normal pregnancy, moderate excercise is recomended at least three times a week during pregnancy to enhace maternal fitness and well-being (reduce stress and anxiety,interventions focused on strenght, flexibility, and fitness, and included warming up, stretching, and relaxation. The results suggest clear advantages of psychological intervention and exercise in helping to overcome stress and pain associated with pregnancy. Keyword: exercise,psychological intervention, stres