PENGARUH YOGA TERHADAP LAMA PERSALINAN KALA II DAN ROBEKAN PERINEUM PADA IBU BERSALIN PRIMIGRAVIDA DI WILAYAH PUSKESMAS KOTA PEKALONGAN

Background: Childbirth is a series of processes which ends with the birth of the conceptus by the mother. Duration of labor is one of the benchmarks of normal delivery, one precaution action during pregnancy so that mother and the fetus are in a healthy condition and the normal birth process is by performing yoga. Yoga is beneficial to train and mastering the techniques, strengthen and maintain the elasticity of the abdominal wall muscles, ligaments, lower pelvic muscles and inner thigh muscles, thus the birth process can run normally.Objective: To determine the effect of yoga on the duration of the second stage of labor and perineal laceration in primigravida women in labor.Methods: this study used a quasi-experimental design with two post test only with control group design. The study populations were primigravida pregnant women in the third trimester who performed yoga. Sampling technique used purposive sampling. Data normality test used Shapiro Wilk, statistical tests used were independent t test and Chi Square.Results: The results obtained that there was an effect of yoga on difference in duration of the second stage of labor with p value of 0.000 and perineal laceration with p value of 0.000. This study evidenced that the respondents who performed yoga had a shorter duration of the second stage of labor and lower degree of perineal laceration