Background:Mothers may find it difficult to adjust to their baby's new condition during the postpartum period, especially in the first few weeks. According to previous studies, disregarding these demands might have a severe influence on not only the mother's health, but also the family's health aimed to evaluate the effect of renatal educational guidelines about postpartum care on maternal coping. Subjects and method: Design: a quasi-experimental design (study/ control) was utilized Setting: at the Family Health Unit namely; El-Kuwait and Othman Bin Affan, Antenatal Care Clinic in Port Said city, Subjects: on a convenient sample of 160 women after meeting the requirements. Three tools were utilized for data collection structured interviewing questionnaire, knowledge questionnaire and Coping with Motherhood scale. The Results revealed that: In both the study and control groups, relatives and friends were the most commonly stated sources of information. Women in the study group had more satisfactory knowledge than women in the control group throughout the post-intervention period. Women in the study group exhibited higher values for problem-centered and emotion-centered coping than the control group from the post-intervention period onwards, and the difference was statistically significant(p 0.005).. Conclusion: The implemented educational guideline had a positive effect as it improves the women's coping during postpartum period.Recommendations: To improve postpartum management, all pregnant women should be advised to follow a postpartum discharge policy. In addition, more study is being conducted to determine the elements that influence women's involvement in these sessions.
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