Comparison of Maternal Anemia and Their Infant Apgar Scores in Conventional Vaginal Delivery with Physiological Delivery

Methods: This semi-experimental study was performed in 2018 with the participation of 400 pregnant women candidates for physiological childbirth and 400 pregnant women candidates for conventional vaginal delivery, using the available sampling method. Mothers in the physiological delivery group were those who did not receive any major labor intervention, and during the labor, training was given on how to breathe, pelvic rotation, delivery ball, hot shower, and massage. In the common vaginal delivery group, the mother went through the usual steps as soon as she was hospitalized. All mothers' intravenous blood samples were examined in two groups to measure the amount of hemoglobin and hematocrit at the time of hospitalization and 6 hours after delivery and the Apgar score of the first and fifth minutes of infancy in both groups. Data analysis was performed using Stata-13 software and the significance level was considered to be 0.05.