Abstract:Objective To study different effects of free position and normal lying position on labor intervention and delivery outcome in labor analgesia. Methods Our hospital’s 160 full term primiparas, from October 2015 to September 2017, with single pregnancy and cephalic position were randomly divided into control group and observation group with 80 patients in each. All the patients voluntarily received patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA). The observation group adopted free body position after analgesia and were asked to lie in the lithotomy position when the head visible on vulval gapping at second stage of labor. The control group adopted normal lying body position after analgesia and were asked to lie in the lithotomy position at second stage of labor. Data comparison was made between the two groups in aspects like cesarean section rate, cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD), artificial rupture of membranes, oxytocin intravenous drip, postpartum hemorrhage, fetal distress and neonatal asphyxia, first stage of labor and second stage of labor in vaginal birth, perineal laceration and episiotomy. Results The cesarean section rate, cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD), artificial rupture of membranes, and oxytocin intravenous drip in the observation group were lower than those in the control group, which had statistical significance (P < 0.05). The first stage of labor, second stage of labor and episiotomy rate in the observation group were shorter than those in the control group, which had statistical significance (P < 0.05). The difference in perineal laceration had no statistical significance (P > 0.05). Among them, there were 3 cases without perineum injury in the observation group. Conclusions Free body position during labor analgesia can reduce the cesarean section and episiotomy rate, shorten stage of labor, reduce interventions like artificial rupture of membranes and oxytocin intravenous drip. At the same time, free body position does not increase the risk of postpartum hemorrhage, fetal distress and neonatal asphyxia and is worthy of overall clinic application.