Delay in care seeking for menstrual regulation among the women attending a selected clinic

Each year women around the world experience 75 million unwanted pregnancies. Millions of women around the world risk their lives and health to end unwanted pregnancies. This descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted among 103 respondents from Mohammadpur Fertility Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh to find out the factors influencing delay in care seeking for menstruation regulation among the women attending selected MR clinic from March to June 2015. Respondents were enrolled in the study using Purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by face to face interview with a semi-structured questionnaire. Here, 85% gave right answer about Knowing of MR. Respondent's main personal cause for delaying MR was that 37% home abortion by taking gynaecosid or other tablet. About familial causes of delaying MR shows that majority (47%) had in security of the house, 38% resistance by husband/others. The main social causes of delaying MR shows that majority (61%) was due to spiritual bindings and service or service center related causes for delaying MR due to treatment cost, male doctor, complexity of services and rest due to the substandard services. Women had good knowledge about MR and its timing even they make delay due to unawareness of their legal rights, personal, social and service related causes.