Abstract:
Cesarean become one of the rising issues in world wide. It also existing in Sri
Lanka. Similarly, there are many mothers who were under cesarean are facing
many challenges in the society. Also cesarean based challenges existing in
Nintavur divisional secretariat area. There are many services conducted by the
government for pregnant women. After cesarean also same level of services
should be establish for them. Even though MOH offices also conducting some
services after delivery such as vaginal deliveries and cesarean deliveries as
visiting mothers and infant after deliveries. Society and people should know about
the problems that faced by the mothers in their post cesarean period. So this
research aims to learn the reasons for cesarean section deliveries, to identify the
challenges faced by mothers in post cesarean period and the consequences from
those challenges in the society. This research both qualitative and quantitative
method employed. For the data collection purpose conducted instructed interview
with 100 mothers and 3 family members and with a doctor, and 10 midwives also
included to collect the data. Finding shows that the reason for cesarean are mostly
health based reasons such as prolonged labor, abnormal positioning, fetal distress,
birth defects, repeat cesarean, chronic health condition, cord prolapse, placenta
issues, maternal request, carrying multiples, ritual augury followings. Also
challenges of cesarean deliveries affect the mothers in several ways such as are
back pain, abdominal pain, venous thromboembolism, infections, bladder
injuries, postoperative pain, obesity, hernia, belly, tumor, depression, overtired,
fear, mood swing. At last this study suggest some recommendation suggestion to
deal with the challenges and reduce the cesarean.
