Tens machine

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Anyone bought one they would recommend and if so how much?

I was thinking about hiring but pretty sure there isn't that much difference between actually buying one

I'm 35 weeks so need to buy one soon

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I had an Elle TENS, I think I remember seeing that you could either hire or buy them on the site (honestly think I just Googled 'Tens machine'), but I think the difference was like £30 to hire, £50 to buy. I REALLY wish I'd bought one because I couldn't have coped with early labour without one! The key thing is to have a 'boost' button for when the contractions hit.

Yes femme tens, online. If you will use it more than once (ie for future pregnancies) it's cheaper to buy. I used mine, leant it to 2 friends since, and now about to use it again. It's easy to buy replacement pads.

I had an Elle Tens that I got from boots. I'm sure it's probably still here somewhere. Used it for 2 labours now so works out cheaper to buy.

I got mine from Amazon a while back for £30, which when I was shopping around seemed to be the hire price anyway! - look for Bodyclock Health Care Ltd - Femme Tens. It's currently £40 on Amazon.

Thank you very much ladies for your help

Think for the difference in price I'll just buy one - seems like most people would rather they had bought it
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