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Abstract

Labor is an anxiety producing situation as well as it gives joy and happiness at the end of labour. Childbirth experience has been influenced by many factors such as knowledge about the labor process, quality of care and services, severity of labor pain, labor pain management, interventions during intranatal period. Normal physiologic childbirth measures are physical comfort measures which can improve fetomaternal parameters, progress in labor process, reduce intensity of labor pain and change attitude of parturient mothers. 
Aim – To assess knowledge and attitude towards Normal Physiologic Childbirth Measures.
Methodology – A quantitative and a qualitative (mixed) research approach and an experimental research design was used for the present study. The study was conducted in labour room at Krishna Hospital, Karad. The population comprises Antenatal Mothers attending antenatal OPD at K.H. and M.R.C., Karad. Study was conducted on 110 participants, which were selected by using Simple Random Sampling Technique. Antenatal Mothers attending antenatal OPD for Antenatal visits during third trimester were included and High-risk Antenatal mothers (advanced maternal age, pregnancy complications, IUGR and malposition’s etc.), multiple pregnancy, hypertensive disorders, diabetes mellitus, bad obstetrical history were excluded from study. The collected data was analyzed in terms of the objectives of the study by using descriptive (frequency and percentage) and inferential statistics (paired t-test and Chi-square).
Conclusion- Parturient mothers were gain Knowledge about Normal Physiologic Childbirth Measures which was helpful to improve feto-maternal parameters by changing their attitude towards it