How exactly the Birthing Tens Machine works?
The process of delivering a baby creates a physical and an emotional roller-coaster experience for moms-to-be. The impact of labour pain on mothers cannot be explained. The process of baby delivery consists of a series of steps like contraction pains, water breaking, and the climax of pushing the baby out.
During labour, there are many factors affecting the mother while delivering the fetus. The major complications that occur during severe labour pain include increased intake of oxygen, nausea, fatigue, respiratory alkalosis, associated with decreased uterine blood flow, poor uterine contraction, decreased cardiac output, and increased blood pressure. Hence Pain relief during labour is necessary to kick out these complications. Maternity TENS provides support during the phases of delivery and effectively reduces labour pain. This article provides an overview of the usage of TENS and how maternity TENS creates an effect on labour-undergoing mothers.
Potential of TENS MACHINE
TENS is the abbreviation for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation which is a method of providing pain relief without the intervention of any medicine or pharmaceutical drugs. The TENS setup functions by sending electrical pulses that help in reducing the effect of pain signals that occur in the body. TENS is a compact device, it has lead wires that can be easily connected to electrodes. TENS helps in reducing pain (both acute and chronic) and muscle spasms. TENS are generally used during the following conditions such as arthritis, period pain, pelvic pain caused by endometriosis, knee pain, sports injuries, and during baby delivery.
Using maternity TENS helps in reducing contraction and other related pains before and also during the delivery with zero-side effects. It is a non-invasive, drug-free, painless, and safe technique to help mothers undergo a healthy delivery process.
ELLE TENS behaves as the standard for maternity TENS. It has unique features which make it stand out from others. In the human body, Pain signal travels from nerve endings to the spinal cord and from the spine, the message of pain sensation is passed to the thalamus of the brain. Thereafter, the brain starts producing natural pain relieving hormones such as the endorphins and encephalins.
When the pain-relieving hormones and the message of pain sensation from the brain are passed back through the spinal cord to reach the site of pain initiation, electrical pulses from ELLE TENS mask the pain signals at the dorsal horn of the spinal cord and allows only the pain reliving hormones to reach the site of pain origin, thus helping in effective pain-relief management.
While reducing pain, it also levitates sensation that helps the mother to have control and awareness of the fetal movements. ELLE TENS also influences the duration and induction of labour. Based on the different features present, different sensations are given to satisfy different types of pain during labour.
This maternity TENS being fully operated by the mother gives her a sense of control over the situation which helps in boosting her confidence. Pain relief caused by ELLE TENS helps in improving the mood of the mother by making her calmer which helps her to concentrate more on delivering the baby.
There are certain circumstances where ELLE TENS cannot be used by individuals possessing the following conditions such as,
- Having a pacemaker
- Malignancy
- Any abnormal skin conditions
- Sweaty or wet body
- Cardiac conditions like arrhythmia
- Neurological conditions like epilepsy
- Not prescribed before week 37 of pregnancy
- Undergoing water birth
- Undiagnosed pain
Maternity TENS improves both the physiological and psychological aspects of the mother. On the whole, using maternity TENS – ELLE TENS has a more positive effect on the mother and fetus during delivery. Delivering the baby without any hassle is now being facilitated with the help of ELLE TENS.
