The views of nulliparous pregnant women on the types of delivery

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relevant thoughts of nulliparous pregnant women in the second trimester without an absolute indication for cesarean on delivery preferences. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted on pregnant women who presented to the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Pregnant Outpatients Department for antenatal follow-up between May 2014 and February 2015. A total of 237 nulliparous patients voluntarily completed the survey form and the data were evaluated using various parameters. Parameters consistent with normal distribution were evaluated using the t-test, and parameters that were not normally distributed were evaluated using the Mann-Whitney U test. Parameters with a p value <0.05 were considered significant. RESULTS We found that 221 (93.2%) of the 237 nulliparous pregnant women preferred vaginal delivery and the remaining 16 (6.8%) preferred delivery by cesarean section. CONCLUSION Women should be informed on the type of birth and both methods should be explained in a realistic and scientific manner in terms of benefit and risk. An effort is being made to increase vaginal birth rates worldwide and the same effort should be made in Turkey.