assessment of mother friendly in maternity services in Egypt

The aim of the study was to assess mother friendly practices and satisfaction of mothers with services they received in maternity facilities. The study was conducted in 5 hospitals with 1145 mothers and 120 staff who attend labor. Overall findings revealed that mothers were not allowed to have preferred family companion at birth, non-pharmacological pain relief methods were ho encouraged and mothers were not allowed to assume position of her choice at birth. This reflected on mothers1 dissatisfaction with the quality of services. It is concluded that there is a need to encourage mother friendly practices at birth