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Abstract

In Pakistan maternal mortality rate is very high as compared to other low incomecountries. Maternal mortality rate in Pakistan 260/100,000 is the highest in South Asia. Indeveloping countries one woman dies in sixteen from pregnancy related diseases. Objective:This study was aimed to explore reproductive health issues of mothers in Faisalabad. StudyDesign: A sample of 200 respondents was obtained from Faisalabad city through multistagesampling technique. Period: 2013-2014 Setting Area: Urban Area of district Faisalabad Materialand Method: Uni-variate (frequency distribution and percentage) and Bi-variate analysis (Chisquare and Gamma Statistics) was carried out. Results: It was found that antenatal andpostnatal care utilization services were poor. Majority of the respondents 79% got at least oneantenatal care service but only more than one third 34% got the four recommended checkupduring pregnancy. It was also investigated that only 60% women got postnatal visits andonly 18% deliveries took place at homes. Two third of the respondents 66% had the positiveattitude towards the contraceptive methods for birth spacing. The bi-variate analysis shows thatage (p=.003), education (p=.013), income (p=.001), type of family (p=.002) were significantlyassociated with the positive attitude towards the contraceptive for birth spacing.Conclusion:It is suggested that mothers should be aware of the importance of antenatal and postnatalrecommended visits to overcome the reproductive health issues through LHW’s visits massmedia compaigns and easy assess towards the health care centers.