tens machines?
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I assume you want to use it in labour.
Absolutely useless for very painful contractions further on in labour but not bad for the milder ones at the beginning.....maybe it's just that all that fiddling about trying to get the pads in the right place stops you thinking about the mild contractions.
Absolutely useless for very painful contractions further on in labour but not bad for the milder ones at the beginning.....maybe it's just that all that fiddling about trying to get the pads in the right place stops you thinking about the mild contractions.
I got quite annoyed with it...I couldn't put it on myself and wanted to throw it accross the room.
i'm not sure but i think you need a maternity one if you are using it for labour. .
edit.... yeah, heres one for £15 but not for use in labour http://www.lloydspharmacytensmachine.com/
Ive been offered one by a friend, she never got round to using it tho.
edit.... yeah, heres one for £15 but not for use in labour http://www.lloydspharmacytensmachine.com/
Ive been offered one by a friend, she never got round to using it tho.
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Sod no medication!! When I had Harry I had every single painkiller possible:
Gas & Air, Paracetamol, Pethadine, Stemitil (to help with the sickness) Tens machine and finally and epidural (absolute bliss!!)
Maybe I was to far on and in to much pain (they give me the epidural not long after), but the tens machine did nothing for me.
I have nothing at all against having medication during labour but after being in labour for 3 days i didnt care about anything at that point. lol.
Gas & Air, Paracetamol, Pethadine, Stemitil (to help with the sickness) Tens machine and finally and epidural (absolute bliss!!)
Maybe I was to far on and in to much pain (they give me the epidural not long after), but the tens machine did nothing for me.
I have nothing at all against having medication during labour but after being in labour for 3 days i didnt care about anything at that point. lol.
Has to be a special maternity tens machine and you can hire them, we do them at Boots but works out quite expensive with deposit and rental on. maternity magazines usually have adverts in for hiring them, I hired one for when I was having Kels and then had to get a refund when I had to have a section !
I got quite annoyed with it...I couldn't put it on myself and wanted to throw it accross the room.
This happened to use.......we did`nt read the instructions before the missus was in the throes of labour and it headed towards the window, needless to say by her second pregnancy it had been binned.
I hired one from Boots - I kept it on for half an hour and found it to be next to useless. Whether it was because i was too far gone or whether it was because i'm a big soft jess, it didn't seem to do anything for me.
I had the lot, gas and air, pethidine, epidural with Maddie then a section with Zack. One thing i do find ironic though, is that they're so obsessed with healthy eating through pregnancy - they tell you no coffee, pate, soft cheese etc - then pump you full of drugs for the last 24hrs.
PS. my favourite was pethidone!
I had the lot, gas and air, pethidine, epidural with Maddie then a section with Zack. One thing i do find ironic though, is that they're so obsessed with healthy eating through pregnancy - they tell you no coffee, pate, soft cheese etc - then pump you full of drugs for the last 24hrs.
PS. my favourite was pethidone!
Is that not what got you in that condition in the first place
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