One alternative that pregnant women usually use is belly dance. This exercise has provided a high sense of self-confidence for pregnant women. This research will be carried out to see the relationship between belly dance and labor pain in the first stage of the active phase. The design of this research is cross-sectional. The results of this study then found a relationship between coping styles and the active phase I labor pain scale. There is no relationship between belly dance and the labor pain scale of the active phase I. Pregnant women who participate in belly dance will reduce pain in the first stage of active labor after controlling for coping style variables. Then it was also found that belly dance can be used as an alternative movement in pregnancy exercise.

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the "SMART" abdominal model as a clinical learning media in increasing student competence for assessing uterine fundal height in postpartum mothers. This research is a quasi-experimental research with The Posttest-only Control Group Design. The study was conducted in two groups, namely the treatment group and the control group. The population of this study was all students of the third semester of midwifery D III study program in two health polytechnic in Indonesia. The intervention group consisted of some students who were given assistance in using the "SMART" abdominal model to assess the height of the uterine fundus in postpartum mothers in simulated patients, while the control group consisted of some students without assistance in using the "SMART" abdominal model to assess height uterine fundus in postpartum women on a conventional abdominal model (Zoe's abdominal model). The total sample was 120 people, which were divided into 60 people from one Poltekkes as the control group and 60 people from another Poltekkes as the intervention group. The sampling technique was purposive sampling. Data was collected through questionnaires, and observation. The type of data in this study is primary data. Data analysis uses Kai Square. The SMART abdominal model supports the achievement of learning competencies by 81.4%. There was no significant difference in competence when students used the SMART abdominal model on simulated patients or paired them with Zoe's abdominal model. For this reason, innovation and creativity of lecturers are needed in supporting the achievement of subject learning through the development of learning models and technology. In supporting the wider use of the model as a form of downstreaming research products that are integrated into the dharma of education, it is necessary to socialize and disseminate the SMART abdominal model and promote efforts through collaboration with industry and MSMEs.

Aromatherapy can be used to reduce post-sectio caesaria (SC) pain. In this study, the aromatherapy used was orange essential oil. This quasi-experimental study used a pre and posttest design with control group. The sample of the study was 74 mothers with 24 hours post-SC. The treatment group was the mothers who were given orange essential oil aromatherapy (37 people), while the control group was those who were not given (37 people). Sampling technique used consecutive sampling. Data collection about the characteristics of the respondents was done using a questionnaire, while the measurement of pain was carried out using the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) observation sheet. The analysis consisted of bivariate analysis with Wilcoxon test. There was a decrease in the pain scale in the treatment group after being given aromatherapy essential oil orange from 4.14 ± 1.669 to 2.59 ± 1.334 (p-value = 0.000). In the control group, the change was from 2.86 ± 0.419 to 2.78 ± 0.479 (p-value = 0.373). This meant that the treatment group showed higher reduced pain than the control group. Therefore, orange essential oil aromatherapy was effective in reducing pain scale 24 hours post-SC.

One alternative to exercise during pregnancy is to participate in belly dance, which is fun and will increase the confidence of pregnant women. This study aimed to determine the effect of belly dance on the duration of the second stage of labor and the condition of the newborn. The research design is quasi-experimental. The intervention group consisted of pregnant women participating in belly dance at least 4 times. At the same time, the control group is pregnant women who do not participate in belly dance. The sampling technique was quota sampling. The samples of pregnant women with a gestational age of 26 weeks were 30 pregnant women in the intervention group and 30 pregnant women in the control group. The study was conducted at the Kebon Jeruk and Palmerah Health Centers in March – December 2017. The results showed that the characteristics of respondents in the intervention and control groups were almost the same, namely age at risk, high education, not working, and multipara. There was a significant difference in the second stage of labor duration after the Belly dance was performed in the intervention group. There was no significant difference in the baby's weight at birth after the Belly dance was performed in both the intervention and control groups. In addition to belly dance, parity also influences belly dance on the duration of the second stage of labor. It is recommended that the Kebon Jeruk sub-district health center introduce belly dance movements to pregnant women as a variation in pregnancy exercise activities