Physiology of labor -- Anatomo-physiological changes during labor and after delivery -- Labor pain -- Sociology of labor pain -- History of labor pain relief -- Antenatal consultation, maternal information, expectations and satisfaction -- Initiation of labor analgesia: epidural, CSE -- Maintenance of labor analgesia -- Analgesia during second & third stage, episiotomy, episiotomy repair -- Maternal and fetal monitoring during neuraxial labor analgesia -- Nutrition and fluid balance during labor; maternal optimization and fetal resuscitation -- Analgesia for dystocia and instrumental delivery -- Analgesia for induced labor and vaginal birth after cesarean section -- Extension of epidural block for cesarean section -- Postpartum analgesia and postpartum chronic pain -- Effects on neonate and breastfeeding -- Neonatal care in labor and delivery room -- Technical problems and their solutions -- Anti-coagulated parturient and neuraxial analgesia -- Complications of neuraxial analgesia -- Evidence based medicine and labor analgesia -- Ethics -- Teaching labor analgesia and simulation -- Humanization of labor and epidural analgesia -- Medico-legal issues in labor analgesia.