Perilaku Ibu Hamil Melakukan Pemeriksaan Kehamilan di Masa Pandemi Covid 19

Pregnancy is a physiological state experienced by every woman. In the process of ongoing pregnancy, it is possible that unexpected complications may occur which can result in life-threatening effects for the mother and her baby and even death. During the Covid-19 pandemic, there were many restrictions on almost all routine services, including maternal and child health services. Pregnant women who are reluctant to go to the puskesmas or other health services for fear of contracting the Covid-19 virus, there are suggestions to postpone pregnancy checks, classes for pregnant women and there is unpreparedness for services in terms of personnel and infrastructure including personal protective equipment. This will affect maternal and child health services both in terms of access and quality. to find out the description of the behavior of pregnant women carrying out pregnancy checks during the covid 19 pandemic. Quantitative descriptive research method with the subjects studied were 30 pregnant women with the sample technique used was Accidental Sampling, the data used was primary data by distributing research instruments in the form of questionnaires to respondents and the research data obtained was processed and univariate analysis was carried out. Results 19 (63.33%) Pregnant women carried out routine prenatal checks during the Covid 19 pandemic and most had good knowledge about prenatal checks during the Covid 19 pandemic and most were obedient in implementing health protocols when carrying out prenatal checks. Suggestion During the Covid 19 pandemic, pregnant women continued to carry out routine pregnancy checks by incorporating health protocols.