Tens Machine

[MrsJaneyp]

Hello All,

Had my first antenatal virtual class last week which was amazing. They recommended a tens machine for labour. Anyone got one? Do you recommend them? Did it help?

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Yes its worthwhile for the early/middle stages in my opinion.

Worked amazingly for me til I was about 8cm ! Definitely worth using in my opinion

I highly highly recommend one - ask your friends with children if anyone has one and they’ll probably lend it to you - the pads are disposable so you can buy your own and buy the owner a fresh set to return it with, you’ll still have saved money on buying a tens. I’ve got a friend who bought one and about 6 of us have used it!!

I found it to be an irritating faff. I recommend the book Birth Skills by JoJo Mundin (sorry that's probably not right but something like that). I did pregnancy yoga too and got some good ideas from Hypno birthing. All the best. My births were not without challenges but hands down the best experience of my life.

Amazing thanks guys

I used the Boots one and found it helpful and inexpensive. My husband used it after for a back injury too and also found it helpful!

It depends on the labour... Mine went from 0-10 in pain in an hour, and I found the tens machine just irritated me! Didn't even touch the pain.

But I could imagine it would be great if your labour didn't start as intensely as mine did, if there was a gradual build up. Friends have sworn by them