Practice of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness and Its Associated Factors:A Health Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study Design.

Time of labor or time of emergency is not the time to decide what to do, instead it is time to seek care from skilled health care providers. Birth preparedness and complication readiness is the process of planning for a normal birth and anticipating the action needed in case of an emergency, which helps to minimize obstetric complications. Even though birth preparedness and complication readiness reduce maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality, the practice of birth preparedness and complication readiness is still low in Ethiopia.