Group I: 7mg of 0, 5% hyperbaric bupivacaine solution. Group II: 9mg of 0, 5% hyperbaric bupivacaine solution Group a: Patients were kept in lateral positions after spinal anaesthesia for 5 minutes Group b: Patients were kept in lateral positions after spinal anaesthesia for 10 minutes. Spinal block was assessed by prinprick and modified Bromage scale, side effects were also evaluated and compared among the groups.