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Does TENS help??
Hi ladies,
Did anyone use TENS during labour to relieve pain? If so did it help you?
I am considering arranging a loan for my delivery but I don't know whether its just a gimic. I'm not aiming at a natural birth, just hoping to use gas/air tho as I don't want an epidural.
I am considering TENS as pain relief during the earlier stage of labour. This is my first baby so I really don't know what to expect.
Any advice gratefully received.
Thanks x
Did anyone use TENS during labour to relieve pain? If so did it help you?
I am considering arranging a loan for my delivery but I don't know whether its just a gimic. I'm not aiming at a natural birth, just hoping to use gas/air tho as I don't want an epidural.
I am considering TENS as pain relief during the earlier stage of labour. This is my first baby so I really don't know what to expect.
Any advice gratefully received.
Thanks x
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Hope that helps!
I found that TENs really helped during my labour and got me through the whole thing with no other pain relief and when i got to hospital i was 9cms
I hired one from Mothercare for ??30 i think, which was for 6 weeks.
It really took the edge off my contractions and I would definately recommend getting one. Even if you just use it to ease the contractions before you go to hospital and in the car on the way there it will be worth it.
Hope this helps
I hope you have a great birth
[Modified by: Dani+Macie on October 28, 2008 04:08 PM]
With the second we thought of forgot about it but i think it did help a bit.
With the third (the only time i went into labour naturally), it really helped. Whether the lovely buzzing ssensation just gave my mind something to focus on, or whether it actually blocked some pain, i don't know. It is a great job to give to your birthing partner too- my hubby had control of the boost button and was grateful for something to do.
It definitely helped having something on the trip to hospital-made me feel more in control.
I have just ordered mine for this time around.
luv clarex.
My midwife said that the things about TENS is you don't ever get "proof" of how beneficial it can be because its effects aren't immediate and obvious, and because you only get one labour per baby (thank god!) you don't get to directly compare your labour experience with and without TENS. Because the effects are cumulative and gradual, she seems to think that people just don't realise what an effect it's actually having.
Marnb, do you think the reason you managed to get to 8cm before you went to hosp (huuuuge respect for that by the way!) was anything to do with having the TENS on, but you just didn't realise it was helping? My midwife seems to think this kind of scenario is evidence that TENS can be effective.
34+5
judging by most of you're replies i must have used mine wrong??
I borrowed it from the hopital and used it from the first contractions but to no avail. By the time i got to the hospital & fully dialated i had forgotten i even had it attached & had actually had it on "boost" for the last several hrs!! When the nurse removed it the pain was no worse.
I don't see any harm in using one though. I think a lot of it is psycological & if anything makes you feel better in that situation then it is worth it.
Good Luck.
xx
[Modified by: swizzle on November 05, 2008 12:03 PM]
I wish I'd had it for my first!
xxx