Labor pain is a physiological process, the mother has different degrees of pain in labor. Pain in the delivery process is the most feared by most pregnant women. Based on this, one of the basic principles of modern obstetrics was developed, namely reducing pain during labor using epidural analgesia. This study aims to determine the characteristics of mothers who use epidural analgesia in aterm labor at Pantai Indah Kapuk Hospital. This study uses a qualitative method. The study sample was maternal women who used epidural analgesia and who did not use epidural analgesia. Information can be obtained through in-depth interviews with interview guidelines and analyzed using interactive model analysis. Data triangulation was carried out using key informants, namely obstetricians and midwives. The results: 1) Most informants had good knowledge about epidural analgesia; 2) Sources of information about epidural analgesia from health workers and the experience of others or yourself from previous labor; 3) The causes of maternal use of epidural analgesia are pain felt during childbirth and advice from health professionals; 4) Another driving factor for using epidural analgesia is the length of labor; 5) Informants have the right to choose whether to use epidural analgesia or not. The conclusion of this study is the characteristics of mothers who use epidural analgesia have a good level of knowledge, epidural analgesia is effective in suppressing pain during labor with health workers as a source of information, and returns all decisions related to the use of epidural analgesia to mothers in labor.

Keywords: epidural analgesia, labor pain