TENS analgesia is commonly used in Swden, Holland, England, and Japan for childbirth pains. Studies conducted in Sweden have demonstrated that TENS is the only analgesic required by 70% of women in labour.
One of the main advantages of TENS in childbirth is that is can be simply administered by midwives. Other advantages of TENS in childbirth are:
- It is drug free – so there are no harmful side-effects to mother or child
- The mother is fully aware of the birth process
- She has full control of her pain by varying the output intensity in accordane with the labour contractions.
The effects of TENS on the developing foetus are not known, and the use of TENS suring the early stages of pregnancy should be avoided.
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