IJRAP International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 2277-4343 Moksha Publishing House DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.1006130 A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTENATAL EXERCISES AND YOGA TO PROMOTE NORMAL VAGINAL DELIVERIES AMONG ANTENATAL MOTHERS B. Munirekha * K. Jayashree R. Vijayaraghavan 11 -0001 85 90 Motherhood is a gifted responsibility and it is women__ampersandsignrsquo;s highest crown of honor. The aim of the study includes evaluating the effectiveness of antenatal exercises and yoga to promote normal vaginal deliveries among antenatal mothers. The research design adapted to this study includes __ampersandsignldquo;True-experimental, post-test only control group design__ampersandsignrdquo;. Sample: Primi mothers who are in second trimester of pregnancy. Sampling technique: convenient sampling technique was adopted based on inclusion criteria. The study sample includes 30, 15 in experimental group and 15 in control group. Results of the study revealed that related to comfort in control and experimental group comfortable and not comfortable percentages were 10%, 50%, 40% and 0% respectively. The obtained __ampersandsignlsquo;P__ampersandsignrsquo; value was __ampersandsignlt; 0.001. Related to labor pain perception the control and experimental group median values were 2.00 and 1.00, percentiles were 2-3 and 1-1. The obtained __ampersandsignlsquo;t__ampersandsignrsquo; value was 345.00 and __ampersandsignlsquo;P__ampersandsignrsquo; value was __ampersandsignlt; 0.001. Both are significant at 1% level. Related to type of delivery, in control and experimental group normal deliveries and cesarean sections percentages were 20.00, 40.00, 30.00 and10.00 respectively. The obtained __ampersandsignlsquo;P__ampersandsignrsquo; value was P = 0.060 which was marginally significant at 1% level. The study findings concluded that antenatal exercises and yoga were very effective interventions in promoting normal vaginal deliveries, comfort and reducing labor pain intensity among primi antenatal mothers. Majority of the primigravid mothers in experimental group had normal vaginal delivery. antenatal mothers antenatal exercises yoga primi gravid mothers Vaginal birth and cesarean birth