ABSTRACT

Background: Childbirth has risks that could lead to complications, a woman died every minute, and the other 20 were affected by complications. One of the saving methods of childbirth is Sectio Caesarea; however, the change of era has caused non-indication Sectio Caesarea to increase. In Indonesia, one of the reasons is the mother's anxiety is experiencing pain during normal childbirth. The potential medical risks in Sectio Caesarea childbirth are the increasing morbidity risk, neonatal respiratory disorder, potential surgical complication, and the risk of abnormal placentation and uterus rupture. The decreasing rate of anxiety and childbirth complications can be prevented during the pregnancy through Prenatal Gentle Yoga.

Aim: This research aims to discover the Correlation between Prenatal Gentle Yoga and the Success of Normal Childbirth.

Method: Research Method applied the correlation study with a retrospective approach. This research population was the entire postnatal mothers who participated in Prenatal Gentle Yoga in which their laborers were registered in Bidan Kita Clinic of Klaten during 2017. A purposive sampling technique was used to collect the sample, which amounted to 116 people through Chi-Square statistical analysis.

Results: 58.6 % of mothers routinely participated four times a month in Prenatal Gentle Yoga; 68.1% of mothers had normal births, 91.2% of mothers who routinely participated four times a month in Prenatal Gentle Yogahad normal childbirths.

Conclusion: The analysis results indicated that the frequency of mothers who performed Prenatal Gentle Yoga was at least 4.

Keywords: Prenatal, Yoga, Normal Childbirth