Abstract:
Objective of the study is to compare the effects of intramuscular pethidine and epidural
analgesia on the progress of labour and maternal satisfaction during labour.Duration of the
first stage of the labour the rate of cervical dilatation,duration of the second stage of the
labour,mode of delivery,the degree of pain experienced during labour and maternal
satisfaction were compared in the groups using fisher's exact test,chi squared
test,Mannwhitney u test,Student's t test as appropriate.
