Table 2.
An example of the process of extracting a theme from semantic units, codes
| Semantic units | Primary codes | Subcategory | category | category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| … It was constantly said on TV that someone got corona and died of it and…..I would definitely die of corona disease because I was pregnant | Hearing the death of people repeatedly | Fear of her own death | Fear of death | maternal mental health threats |
| …When I hear the news of the death of people who are infected, I am really stressed and I am afraid that I will die too… | ||||
| …. I am sure I will die because I am pregnant I know I will die …. | Increased fear of dying due to pregnancy | |||
| So far, some pregnant have been infected and died … I was also afraid to die… | ||||
| In my previous pregnancy, a woman's baby was stillborn. Sometimes I worry that my baby will die during childbirth or die in my womb! When I worry like this, I go to the doctor, and when I hear the baby's heartbeat, I calm down | The experience of hearing the death of another's fetus and the fear of its occurrence | Fear of fetal death | ||
| It happened to one of my colleagues that the umbilical cord got wrapped around his baby's neck and died, I'm afraid it will happen to me and my baby will die | ||||
| My stress is so that nothing happens to my baby in these 9 months and I spend this period healthy and my baby is born healthy and alive | Fear of having an unfortunate event and losing the fetus during pregnancy | Fear of Premature Birth | Pregnancy threat | |
| I am very afraid of premature birth, I say to myself, lest water sac rupture, lest I bleed, the baby will be born soon | ||||
| My brother-in-law's wife, my sister-in-law, and my brother's wife had a history of abortion, and I was also afraid of having an abortion, so for the first three months of my pregnancy, I was only at home and I was only praying that my child would not miscarry | Fear of having a history of recurrent abortion and repeating them | Fear of Abortion | ||
| … I have a history of two miscarriages, one of which had no heart, and now I am all stressed to get to the 18th week of pregnancy and go through it safely |