The effect of listening to holy Qur’an recitation on labor pain in the first stage of labor

Background: Pain during labor is a physiological condition experienced by almost all maternity mothers. The hardest time, and most mothers begin to feel pain or pain at the time of delivery is when I active phase. Purpose: To known the effect of listening to holy Qur'an recitation on labor pain in the first stage of labor. Methods: A quantitative by experimental quasi research design, with one group pretest - posttest design approach. The population of all who are on the first stage of labor. By purpose sampling technique got of 15 respondents. Data analysis with t-test. Results: Finding of the average pain before listening to holy Qur'an recitation of 5.93, and after intervention of 3.93. Knowing there is Effect of listening to holy Qur'an recitation on labor pain in the first stage of labor. T test results obtained p value 0,000 <α (0.05). It is recommended for hospital management, especially midwives, to provide therapy to listening to holy Qur'an recitation as alternative to reduce of labor pain in the first stage of labor