Obstetricians and anesthetists exert great efforts to makechildbirth a pleasurable and pain-free experience. Nowadays,appropriate intrapartum analgesia are not considered a luxuriousoption but regarded as beneficial and necessary components ofproper obstetric care. There are different methods of pain reliefduring labour: psychological, physical, pharmacological, local,regional and even general anesthesia. There is no singletechnique of pain relief applicable to every woman, all methodsshould be available and the decision is arrived at by the patient,obstetrician and the anesthetist considering both fetal &maternal safety