4.4.1. Anxiety of being pregnant (ABP) Table 3 reveals that most (69%) of the pregnant women had moderate ABP during the first trimester. Across the trimesters the highest prevalence of 38% severe ABP was reported during third trimester. Inter-trimester differences in the anxiety of being pregnant were tested statistically using GLM test. The value of F (578.048) shows that in each trimester anxiety of being pregnant differed significantly at 0.01 levels.
4.4.2. Anxiety about childbirth (ACB) Fig. 2 reveals highest prevalence of 93% severe childbirth anxiety during third trimester. During first trimester 42.4% pregnant women also reported severe childbirth anxiety. The mean scores were also varied with high mean score of 38.70 in third trimesters (Table 4). Inter-trimester variations were significant at 0.001 levels as revealed in Table 4.