objective:to investigate the maternal mental health status of the natural birth and cesarean section. Methods:from January 2012 to January 2013, our hospital during the period of pregnant women 35 cases as the research object, according to the different methods of delivery can be divided into two groups, control group for caesarean section maternal, observation group for natural child-birth puerpera, comparing two groups of maternal psychological status. Results:observation group maternal anxiety, depression, was sig-nificantly lower than the control group of women, p<0.05, the difference is statistically significant;Observation group maternal psy-chotic, paranoia, horror, hostility and other symptoms score significantly lower than the control group of women, but the difference was not statistically significant, p > 0.05). Conclusion:the mental health status of the natural childbirth puerpera is good, caesarean section maternal anxiety, depression, was significantly higher than natural childbirth puerpera, may worry about the effects of surgery to himself and the fetus.