A study to assess the effectiveness of kegel exercise and prone position on afterpains and involution of uterus among postnatal mothers at a selected hospital, rewa

The wonder of motherhood is the enjoyable journey that is felt only by the mother after giving birth of rebirth by giving birth to a child. A mother, even though she is born earlier in this world, perceives an experience. It brings about remarkable changes in her normal life and introduces an exposure to a new role within her. During postnatal period, mothers experience numerous physiological and psychological changes. Most of the postnatal women had afterpains. So, it was found important to reduce the afterpains and hastened the process of involution of uterus. Research design chosen for this study was Quasi experimental design, two group pre-test and post-test design. The tool used for the study includes questionnaire to assess the level of afterpains pain by numerical pain scale and involution of uterus assessed by measuring the fundal height. The obtained data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics using chi-square and students independent t test. The study revealed that Kegel exercise and prone position after child birth have significant reduction of afterpains. As the result shows that t test value = 15.12 significant at p= 0.00 level and improvement of involution of uterus as t value= 9.54 significant at p=0.001 level.