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  • Counterpressure method is a massage or pressure on the sacrum or spine to suppress or reduce pain. Counterpressure can be done by pressing the back of the body precisely on the sacrum as pressure by hand, by the way the palm exercises deep pressure, strong on the sacrum with the heel of the hand and moving a small circle. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of pain in the inpartu mother stage I active phase with the counterpressure treatment. This study used pre experimental re- search design conducted at Kanjuruhan Hospital Malang Regency for 4 months. The observation tech- nique was performed to see the intensity of pain before and after the intervention was determined by the -t test formula. The instrument used the scale of Bourbonais pain and counterpressure technique obser- vation sheet. Based on t-test analysis with significance level of p <0,05 using SPSS version 17 got value p = 0,002 <0,05 so it could be interpreted that there was difference of decreasing of pain of labor moment stage I active on Primigravida mother before and after being treated with counterpressure. From the results of this study we can conclude that primigravida mothers who perform Counterpressure techniques on a regular basis can reduce labor pain periodically. The counterpressure method can be applied in nursing care to labor pain during the first phase of activation in the mother primigravida.