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TENS machine pain relief
- Thread starter Leanna
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Trans Epidermal Nerve Stimulation.
You stick four pads on your back, which are connected to a TENS machine. The machine sends out electrical pulses which are designed to interrupt the pulses in
sensory neurones between the uterus and the CNS. It is also designed to stimulate the production of endorphins.
You put on the TENS in early labour, maybe when the contractions are approx 5 or 6 in one hour, and set the machine low. This is to stimulate endorphin production. As the ctx become more intense, you increase the power, and boost the power during the ctx.
The only downside of TENS is that you can't really use it in conjunction with water, unless things have changed in the last 10 years (when I last used it).
You stick four pads on your back, which are connected to a TENS machine. The machine sends out electrical pulses which are designed to interrupt the pulses in
sensory neurones between the uterus and the CNS. It is also designed to stimulate the production of endorphins.
You put on the TENS in early labour, maybe when the contractions are approx 5 or 6 in one hour, and set the machine low. This is to stimulate endorphin production. As the ctx become more intense, you increase the power, and boost the power during the ctx.
The only downside of TENS is that you can't really use it in conjunction with water, unless things have changed in the last 10 years (when I last used it).
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It would be pointless.
The whole point of using something like TENS is to avoid pain relief that can lead to a cascade of interventions.
TENS also assumes that you are willing to put up with some pain, just staying on top of it.
The whole point of using something like TENS is to avoid pain relief that can lead to a cascade of interventions.
TENS also assumes that you are willing to put up with some pain, just staying on top of it.
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Right.... the idea would be to avoid an epidural and its side effects. I'm not sure electrical shocks would help me relax though, I think it would be distracting. I think I might just do the Bradley thing and have confidence. 
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You might as well try - if they're free to use at your hospital that is, they're not at mine - got too rent them. IF you don't like it you can always take it off.
I've never used one myself but I 've heard mixed reivews, one woman loved it, really helped her, another woman just said it irritated the heck out of her.
I've never used one myself but I 've heard mixed reivews, one woman loved it, really helped her, another woman just said it irritated the heck out of her.
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