STUDY OBJECTIVE:We aimed to find a safe method of labor analgesia with minimal side effects and toxicity in mother and fetus using combined 'low dose' spinal and epidural (CSE). DESIGN: prospective case control study. SETTING: Labour suite of a tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS: study population included 120 pregnant women of ASA physical status I and II parturients in active labor who requested analgesia, 60 of these patients were given labour analgesia -'GROUP T' and 60 of who underwent a delivery without labour analgesia -'GROUP C'. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Maternal hemodynamics, degree of pain relief, duration of labour, fetal heart rate, Apgar scores, mode of delivery, intervention to relieve pain, Adverse effects because of procedure and drugs used were also noted. Low dose epidural analgesia does not prolong labour and does not increase the incidence of instrumental deliveries when compared to parturients undergoing delivery without labour analgesia. Even with the reduced dose of fentanyl the parturients had acceptable pain relief and a decreased incidence of intervention for pain. It does not cause more fetal depression when compared to normally laboring term parturients. 'Low dose' labour analgesia is a safe technique for painless labour with no harmful effects on the mother or baby and it does not significantly affect the obstetric outcome. CONCLUSION: 'Low dose' labour analgesia is a safe technique for painless labour with no harmful effects on the mother or baby and it does not significantly affect the obstetric outcome.