WOMENS CHOICE OF POSITIONS DURING LABOUR- AN ANCIENT TOUCH TO TODAYS MODERN OBSTETRIC PRACTICE

Introduction: Childbirth medicalization has reduced the parturienta opportunity to labour and deliver in spontaneous position, constricting her to assume the recumbent one. Aims and objectives: the aim of this study was to educate the pregnant women who are not in labour about the alternative positions of labour and take there desired position of delivery.

Material And Methods: This Study Was Conducted In Pravara Hospital In Multiparous Ante Natal Women Of 300 By Showing Them The Images Of Different Birthing Positions And Taking There Input In Which They Desire To Labour.

Results: Results Of The Study Are Summerised In Form Of Percentages Of Women Willing To Deliver In Different Positions.

Conclusion: Counselling Women For Alternative Maternal Positioning May Positively Influence Labour Process Reducing Maternal Pain , Operative Vaginal Delivery , Caeserean Section And Episiotomy Rate.