To determine the Effect of Focusing on the Virgin Mary Flower during the Birth Process on Labor Pain, Labor Duration and Perceived Fatigue in Birth.

Method: The study will be completed in a randomized controlled manner with a total of 126 primiparous pregnant women, 63 in the experimental group and 63 in the control group. Pregnant women in the experimental group will focus on the Virgin Mary flower in the water-filled jar and imagine that their uterus and birth path are opening like the branches of the Virgin Mary flower that blooms as labor pains come. There will be no intervention in the control group other than routine midwifery care. Research data will be collected with the Pregnant Introduction and Birth Process Follow-up Form, Visual Analog Scale, and Visual Similarity Scale for Fatigue.

Design and Settings: This randomized controlled experimental study will conducted in the delivery room of the, Turkey between the dates of November 2023 and April 2024

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being 18 years or older,
• being in 37-42 weeks of pregnancy,
• being primiparous,
• having a single healthy fetus,
• cervical dilatation not more than 3 cm.the one which,
• in the first stage of labor,
• Does not have any complications preventing vaginal birth,
• volunteer women who do not have disabilities in communication and perception

Exclusion Criteria:

• maternal and fetal complications
• pregnant with assisted reproductive techniques,
• having a presentation anomaly,
• having a twin pregnancy,
• electing cesarean section,
• Women whose cervical dilatation exceeds 3 cm and who are not willing to participate in the study