Abstract: Due to the special condition of physiology and psychology, pregnancy and childbirth may lead to the increased psychological stress in women, which may affect the pregnancy outcomes and increase the incidence of postpartum depression. However, few courses and studies focus on the psychological health of pregnant women. The mental health problem of pregnant women has been an urgent social problem. Mindfulness-based therapy is a method of psychological intervention based on mindfulness. The core is perceiving but not evaluating. Mindfulness-based therapy has become a mainstream method in the field of psychotherapy, which can effectively relieve stress, alleviate anxiety and depression, and promote physical and mental health of patients. Mindfulness-based therapy has been widely used in the treatment of mental disorders in patients with chronic diseases, and achieved definite results. In the field of psychological intervention on pregnant women, mindfulness-based therapy has been increasingly applied. At present, the mindfulness decompression intervention for pregnant women include the mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting (MBCP) and the mindfulness-based childbirth education (MBCE), which can reduce the self-perceived pressure and enhance the efficiency of childbirth of pregnant women, and thus effectively improve the mental health.

Key words: Mindfulness-based therapy, Pregnant women, Psychological health, Mental health, Anxiety, Depression