SPOUSE'S COUNTER PRESSURE PRACTICE METHOD FOR REDUCING PAIN OF MOTHER'S IN FIRST STAGE LABOUR

Introduction. Pain in childbirth cause the psychological disorders for mothers, such as 87% of postpartum blues, 10% of depression and 3% of psychosis. One method to reduce the pain of childbirth is to give counter pressure on the sacral region, but the application of this method is usually only done by health workers. The purpose of this study was to describe the practice of counter-pressure made by the husband and wife to relieve pain in labour. Method. Research method used descriptive analytic design. As the population were 40 husbands who waiting for their wifes at first stage of labour. The husbands have been trained about counter-pressure methods. The sampling method used consecutive sampling method. Result. Obtained 75% husbands did well for practicing counter-pressure method, 60% women claimed reducing of pain after given counter- pressure by their husband. Discussion. This is importance to spouse presence in first stage labour for reducing the pain of mothers in childbirth. Keywords: counter pressure method, pain of childbirth, the husband practices