Table 3: Responses to questions on labour pain experienced.

 

Variable

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Perception of labour pain

Moderate

9

1.7

Severe

172

31.8

Excruciating /unbearable

359

66.5

Fear of labour pain

Mild

1

0.2

Moderate

17

3.2

Much

66

12.2

Very much

456

84.4

Would you like to deliver without suffering from severe labour pain?

Do not like

10

1.9

May like

27

5.0

Very much like

503

93.1