Background of the study: Childbirth is a sweet miracle, which is experienced by majority of the females, though these instances do leave memories never to forget. The anxiety, the nervousness and emotions all swells up as the time advance for child birth. Delivering a baby comes with lots of tension and stress. This is true for the mother to be as well for the father and at times for the whole family specially when they are expecting their first baby. Labour is a loving experience of bringing a new life into the world, which stays with the mother for the rest of her life. To make this occasion stress free and more joyous and to fill the world with delight, relaxation therapy is being introduced. Among those, foot massage is one of an avenue for human touch which can be performed anywhere, requires no special equipment, is non- invasive and does not interfere with client’s privacy. Objectives of the study: • Determine the intensity of pain in women during first stage of labour as measured by visual analogue pain scale. • Identify the behavioural response of the women during first stage of labour as measured by observational check list. • Determine the effectiveness of foot massage on reduction of pain and change of behavioural responses of the women. Methods: Pre-experimental one group pre-test –post-test design was adopted for the study. The study used purposive sampling technique. The sample consisted of 30 parturient women. The pre-test was carried out by assessing the pain and behavioural response of women during first stage of labour in latent phase. The post-test was aimed at giving foot massage for 15 minutes based on the severity of pain followed by observation of behavioural responses 2 times with 10 minutes of interval. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The study findings revealed that that majority of the subjects 16(54%) out of 30 had 20 to 30 seconds. Among the rest 10(33%) had <20 seconds and 4(13%) had 35 to 50 seconds. The findings of the study shows that in the pre-test pain scores, majority ( 97%) of them ranged between 5-10 and (3%) of them ranged between 7-8.In the post-test I, majority (90%) of them ranged between 3-4 and in post-test II ( 80%) of them ranged between 1-2. subjects in post-test (100%) falls under mild grade of pain score. As in the post test 1, 19(63%) falls under mild grade pain score. The calculated F-ratio of pain (364.220) is greater than the tabulated F-ratio i.e 3.155. It means that there is a significant effect in the reduction of pain at p<0.05. The findings revealed that the pre-test, post-test I and post-test II behaviour response was improved after the foot massage. The calculated F-ratio of behavior (204.45) is greater than the tabulated F-ratio i.e 3.155. It means that there is a significant difference in the overall behavioural responses at p<0.05. The mean post-test 2 score (9.47)of manifestation of participation is highest when compared to the other two areas of pre-test and post-test 2 mean score. The calculated F-ratio of area C (845) is highest when compared to the other two area A (11.654) and B (27.86). Thus the calculated F-ratio is greater than the tabulated F-ratio i.e 3.155. It means that there is a significant difference in the area-wise behavioural responses at p<0.05. There was no association between mean pain score and selected demographic variables. The findings shows that there is an association between occupation and mean behaviour response score i.e calculated value (4.038) is greater than the Chi-square value(3.84). Interpretation and Conclusion: The findings of the study revealed that there was significant reduction of pain during labour and improvement of behaviour among the group. Hence foot massage is an alternative and complimentary therapy for pain management during labour without causing any harm to the mother and the fetus.