I dove into research, read medical journals, read mum forums, looked at the stats. I discovered that women all over the world were having an amazing experience using TENS during labour, especially in the UK where home birthing and natural birthing is more common.
TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and it works by optimising your body’s natural pain-fighting abilities, building endorphins proactively before the contractions become overwhelming, and the buzzing sensations block the pain signals to the brain.
As soon as I was sure I was in labour, I put mine on (the earlier you use it, the better it works) and I was amazed. I had to keep turning it off to check I was still getting contractions! I sat at my kitchen table drawing and singing as the pain built, and eventually showed up to the hospital feeling calm and in control.
The drawing now sits in my daughter’s room as a reminder of the incredible and wondrous thing my body did that day.
The difference between my two birth experiences was astounding, and I put it down to that amazing little pink machine. I founded Bliss Birth to make this technology accessible to birthing mums all across Australia.
You can hire your own top-of-the-range Labour TENS or purchase your very own Elle TENS Plus – with the added benefit of postnatal application – right here at Bliss Birth. Not due for a few months? You can book ahead now! Due anytime now? We can express post!
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