Alternative therapies are used instead of conventional or mainstream therapies for examples, the use of acupuncture or acupressure rather than analgesics to relieve pain. There is recent development in treatment modalities which is very helpful to the mother during labour. It helps to reduce the pain, lowers her anxiety level & makes her ready for the process of labour. These treatments are other than pharmacological modalities & known as alternative & complementary therapies. Alternative therapies for managing labor pain can provide effective and holistic approaches to complement traditional pain relief methods. These therapies focus on promoting relaxation, reducing stress, and enhancing the body's natural pain management mechanisms. As a result this study aimed to assess the knowledge regarding alternative therapies for management of labour pain among antenatal mothers in selected hospitals of Pune city and to associate its findings with selected demographic variables. The study employed a quantitative research approach, with a non - experimental exploratory design under non-probability purposive sampling procedures. A questionnaire containing 20 sets of questions was formulated and under the process of content validity, the questions were modified. Reliability demonstrated a high relevance of 0.9. The pilot study foundthat the investigation was easily feasible. Out of 300 antenatal mothers for the main study, the majority of 75% had a good knowledge of alternative therapies for management of labour pain. 41% of the antenatal mothers is 23 – 27 of age group. 38.67% of the antenatal mothers were educated higher secondary. 44.33% of the antenatal mothers were home maker. 35.33% of the antenatal mothers family income is 20001 – 30000. 34.33% of the antenatal mothers period of gestation is 32.1 – 36 weeks. Among the selected demographic age, education, occupation, family monthly income, period of gestation are associated with the knowledge level. The findings of the study shows that antenatal mothers who are susceptible to lack of knowledge about the alternative therapies for management of labour pain. Nursing professionals can take up this as a challenge to improve the knowledge of mothers about the common alternative therapies to reduce the labour pain which will ultimately developed positive towards labour pain.

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