Anxiety of pregnant women in the third trimester in facing childbirth: A literature review

Introduction: During the third trimester of pregnancy, pregnant women will have feelings such as anxiety and fear of death, birth trauma, fear that their baby will be born with a disability, anxiety about the birth of the baby and changes in the phase of their life are certainly also felt by pregnant women at the same time.

Method: The research design used in this paper is a literature review with 10 journals, 3 international journals and 7 national journals.

Result and Discussion: Of the ten articles used in this literature review, several of them showed a significant influence of family support, especially from the husband, education, and aromatherapy on maternal anxiety when facing childbirth, both primigravida and multigravida. 

Conclusion: Anxiety in dealing with childbirth can be experienced by pregnant women, both primigravida and multigravida. Factors that cause anxiety are age, experience, information from health workers, and beliefs from stories in the environment.