Investigating the Relationship Between the Perception of Labor Pain and the Number of Deliveries

 Because childbirth is a natural process, pain is therefore part of the process. The amount of labor pain is probably directly related to the pregnant woman's mood, familiarity, awareness and self-confidence. Therefore, it is illogical to accept the complications of surgery and anesthesia and harm to the baby in order to escape the pain. Therefore, the aim of current study was investigating the relationship between the perception of labor pain and the number of deliveries.

 This study is descriptive-analytical correlational study. Two questionnaires were used for gathering information: one on personality traits and the other on labor pain. One hundred participants were chosen according to their demographic information, from a pool of pregnant women at maternal ward of the Persian Gulf Hospital in Bandar Abbas City, Iran. The data was analyzed by means of descriptive_ analytical measures such as Pearson Factor.

 The mean age of women was 27.15±4.6. Collected data showed that 31% of women were gravida 1, 33% gravida 2, 15% gravida 3, 10% gravida 4, 5% gravida 5, 4% gravida 6, and 2% were gravida 7. a significant relationship was found between pain in the first delivery and pain in the second, third, fifth and sixth deliveries, so that the pain in the first delivery was more than the pain in the second, third, fifth and sixth deliveries.

According to the results of this study the severity of labor pain in primiparous and multiparous women was not statistically significant and the intensity of reported pain level was high in all mothers.