The sample included 160 primiparous pregnant
women who were divided into a control and an
aroma group. The primiparous pregnant women who were at 36 weeks or more gestation, single
pregnancy and 3–4 centimetres dilatation were
entered into the study. Those with medical and
delivery problems or aromatherapy limitations—
such as asthma, allergy, cold and specific anosmia
for lavender based on a specialist’s diagnosis—
women who were ready for voluntary caesarean,
and those applying for other methods of
conductive anaesthesia and analgesia on entering
the labour room were excluded from the study.