Labour pain is auniversal phenomenon.The first stage of labour is longer and painful in
both primiparous and multiparous mothers.A quasi-experimental study was under taken to determine the
effect of upright positions (including standing, sitting) on duration of first stage of labour among nulliparous
mothers. Sixty nulliparous mothers with single live fetus in cephalic presentation,between 32-41 weeks of
gestation were included. The study was carried out in Labour room of Post Graduate Institute of Medical
Education and Research, Chandigarh during the period August-September 2011.After selection by purposive
sampling method women were consecutively randomly allocated into study (group I) and control (group II)
groups, each with 30 patients.Upright positions were given to group-I during active phase of first stage of
labour . Progress of labour was assessed through par tograph. The mean duration of active phase of 1st stage
of labour was 4 hours in Group-I compared to 6 hours in Group-II (P value: