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"Breast feeding is the women's right, and to be breast fed is a baby's right". Joint commission 2010 sentinel event warns that two third of maternal death in 11 developing countries, India heading the list with 63,000. Maternal mortality rate as well as the infant mortality rate both can be reduced effectively with the management of early suckling and adequate breast feeding. Objectives: 1. to assess the early suckling on third stage of labour among parturient mother. 2. Associate the third stage of labour among parturient mother with the demographic variables. Methods/Approach: research approach utilized in this study was Quantitative research approach. The research design adopted for this study was descriptive design. Data was collected by using structured observation record. Results: The total duration of third stage of labour among parturient mothers was 8-10mts (n=27) with the mean 9.63 and standard deviation of 0.62.The mean score of 11-13mts (n=18) was 12.28 with the standard deviation of 0.82. The total duration of 14-16mts (n=11) with the mean 14.64 and the standard deviation of 0.67and the mean score of >16mts (n=4) was 18.25 with the standard deviation of 1.25.There is a significant association between the type of delivery and the third stage of labour with the P value of 0.