Exploring Childbirth Complexities: Effects of Mental Health Issues

This presentation delves into the complexities women face during childbirth, particularly focusing on the significant impact of mental health. It highlights how pre-existing or current mental health issues can lead to various complications during and after pregnancy, affecting both the mother's well-being and the child's care. The presentation also addresses the importance of cultural competence in childbirth, the physical and psychological well-being of mentally ill mothers, and the challenges they face in childbearing. Furthermore, it emphasizes the necessity of managing the mental health of pregnant women through family support and medical intervention, along with addressing current trends in childbirth practices. The presentation concludes with a list of references.

Child Birth
Complexities

Table of Content
 Introduction
 Effect of mental helath on childbirth experience
 Effects of mental helath in childbirth experience
 Facts and statistics
 Cultural compettence in childbirth
 Physical well being
 Psychological well being
 Effectes on women's childbering
 Manage mental helath of women
 References

INTRODUCTION
In today environment, mostly women have to face complexities in
their pregnancy because of having wrong habits or food. This
presentation will state about effects of mental health on the
childbirth experience as well will explain trends in childbirth.

CONT..
In modern world, there are various compatibilities which
leads women in threatening emergency during childbirth or
after that. Mostly, they suffer from mental health, their
social conditions and unethical behaviour of society. It is
the culture, age and ethnicity which are major factors
which carets childbirth compatibilities for women.

Mental Health of Pregnant lady
(Social, psychological and environmental well being)
Childbirth complexities

Effect of mental helath on
childbirth experience
If women have any past and presnt mental problem then she
sufferes from various problems while she gets pregannat. It i
s highly important for women to be metally fit while giving
birth to child otherwise she will become ill during prgananc
y or will remain ill after preganacy. Women suffers from var
ious mental illness while giving birth. Mentally illwomen do
es not take medication which is highly important during prg
anancy. All these factors can put preganant lady into danger
where she might can lose her life.

Facts and statistics
Ratio of mentally ill families in New Zealand

Cultural competence in childbirth
Parents and families mostly affected by cultural competence
is highly important to incorporate cultural competence into
childbirth education. It is very much important to take care
of pregnant lady which is mentally ill. Cultural group
should not do any unfair practice with mentally sick
pregnant lady.

Physical well-being
Mentally ill mothers suffers from various problems and also
her child does not get enough care. Pregnant lady with
Unstable mind usually do not take mediation which
affects her physical as well as mental health. Anger,
anxiety, panic attacks, body dysmorphic disorder,
depression and drugs addiction are the main problems
which affects mentally sick mother.

• Management of disorder of depression- Depression is a fatal situati
on which may take life of depressed person.
• Anxious distress- In this, person takes tension regarding possible ev
ents or loss of control.
• Psychotic features- In this, depression occurs because of personal in
adequacy or other negative themes.
• A professional can analyse above mentioned situation through var
ious ways like-
Physical exam- In this, doctor will ask question to the patient about
their health.
Lab tests- In this, expert will take sample of blood and will send to
it to lab for its report.
Psychopathology well-being

CONT...
• Schizophrenia- It is very fatal and severe mental situation which c
an not be resolved easily and quickly because it is a long term dise
ase. In this condition, person will not be able to distinguish their o
wn thoughts and ideas from reality. If an individual is facing this p
roblems then following given symptoms will be shown in him-
– He will not be able to see or hear things in proper manner.
– In this, unusual beliefs are based not on reality.
– Diseased person's behaviours has changed totally.

Maternal physical and psychological well-being
It is highly difficult for mentally ill women to survive in
pregnancy period. Mental sickness can put pregnant lady
into dangerous situations where she even can die. Mostly,
women with unstable mind does not take acre of her during
pregnancy period and also does not pay attention to her
child after childbirth delivery.
Anger is main cause which affects pregnant lady and also
influence negative impact on unborn child. Women who is
addicted to drugs can not live health life and also can not
take care of her newly born child.