Randomised controlled trial of perineal shaving versus hair cutting in parturients on admission in labor.

Objectives: To compare the maternal and neonatal outcomes between perineal shaving and hair cutting in parturients on admission in labor

Material And Method: Five hundred pregnant women with labor pain and no medical or obstetric complications were selected at random on admission to be assigned into two groups at Rajavithi Hospital from 1st November 2001 to 28th February 2002. Forty two women were excluded because of cesarean section. Two hundred and twenty-seven cases received perineal hair cutting and 231 cases received perineal shaving.