11- Volunteers were assigned randomly to have either local injection of 10 ml of 1% mepivacaine or application of 5gm-dose® EMLA cream"Lidocaine- prilocaine cream(EMLA cream; Astra Zeneca, Basiglio, Italy is an entectic mixture of 2.5% lidocaine and 2.5% prilocaine)" for pain relief during episiotomy repair.