Background: Labor pain is very painful. Parturients struggle with agony of pain due to lack of awareness and knowledge. These is significant decrease in acceptance also. Aims: Aims to evaluate awareness & to educate for acceptance of labor analgesia in pregnant women. Methods: A sample size of 240 pregnant women were included in our study. Each parturient will be counselled and after obtaining a written informed consent the questionnaires will be given which contains questions related to awareness, acceptance, utilization of most
common pain relief methods available in the hospital. Results obtained are analyzed by descriptive statistics. Chi-square, Fisher exact test, student t-test. SPSS version 21.0 used for calculation. p < 0.05 is considered significant. Results: Most of the parturients (81%) were not aware of labor pain relief techniques and only 18% were aware. Around 45% did not utlise labor analgesia because of lack of knowledg. Now, after awareness 69% were ready to accept labor analagesia and 39% were not ready to accept. Postcounseling we saw around 13% increase in acceptance. Hence, we found that by creating awareness, there was increase in acceptance for labor analgesia and utilization of labor analgesia techniques. Conclusion: Awareness among parturients
attending our hospital is found to be less. By providing education and counseling, awareness and acceptance can be increased. Obstetricians and anesthesiologist should work as a team and should ensure utilization of labor analgesia services.