Pregnancy constitutes a time of significant life change requiring major biological and psychosocial adjustments, and includes many risk factors for depression and anxiety. It has been reported an association between insufficient social support with depression and anxiety. The goal of the present study was to investigate the association between social support with the levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms severity in pregnancy. The study was conducted between 20 October 2005 and 20 January 2006 on 104 pregnant patients, whose pregnancies were 36 weeks and over, admitted to the outpatient clinic of the Health Ministry Malatya Goverment Hospital Pregnancy Unit. Pregnancy Information Tool (PIT), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were used. The mean age of the patients was 27.02±5.61. Mean score BDI was 20.91±8.52 and according to BDI; 42.3% of patients had mild, 39.4% had moderate and 18.3% had severe depressive symptoms. Mean score of SAI was 40.10±4.24, and according to this inventory, of the patients; 17.3% had no anxiety, 47.1% had mild and 35.6% had severe anxiety. Mean score of TAI was 48.94±4.26; and according to this inventory, 9.6% of the patients had mild anxiety and 90.4% had severe anxiety. Mean MSPSS total score was 52.81±13.32; and consequently 16.27±7.96, 10.88±6.26 and 25.65±4.73 were found for the family, friends, and husband. There were no statistical associations between either SAI or TAI with MSPSS, but BDI was associated with MSPSS total and subtitles’ scores. Pregnant women had high levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms. Insufficient social support is a risk factor for depression during the pregnancy period.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)