A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Music Therapy and Aromatherapy on Faetomaternal Parameters among Parturient in the Active First Stage of Labour in a Selected Hospital, Bangalore, India

Labour is a normal physiological process of child birth. It is a process of moving the fetus, placenta and membranes out of the uterus and through the birth canal. Uterine contractions are the primary power that acts involuntarily to expel the fetus and the placenta from the uterus. Certain fetomaternal parameters such as the labour pain, dilatation of cervix and duration of labour in the maternal aspect and fetal heart rate and descent of the fetus in fetal aspect are to be observed which indicates the progress of labour. Music lowers the stress level and pain of women in labor. Aroma helps the woman to cope with fear and anxiety because it has a tranquilizing effect on the nervous system.