The Wave Comb Acupressure Tool for Pain Management and Anxiety

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Also includes an EXCLUSIVE guided Yuula comb relaxation to enhance the potential of what you can achieve with the Yuula birth comb. Using a TENS as a natural pain relief option during labour by The Calm Blogger In the Calmbirth program we talk about many different pain relief options that are available to you during labour, one of those options is using a TENS machine. Inspired by acupuncture and acupressure principles, this unique tool targets specific pressure points to alleviate discomfort and create a soothing birthing environment. A maternity unit that wasn’t able to offer gas and air during labour for several months is advising women to tightly grip a comb.

The NHS suggests learning to relax, stay calm and breath deeply can help as well as taking paracetamol to relieve pain in the early stages of labour. Nursing and Midwifery Council regulations stipulate that staff must “make sure any information or advice given is evidence-based, including relating to any health and care products and services”. Emily Barley, independent conservative councillor from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, said “So many stories of avoidable harm in maternity start with women’s pain being dismissed. If a woman feels unsafe, disturbed or unsupported during labour, this can cause her pain levels to be much higher and for her to feel that she ‘cannot cope’.

Some people prefer to use a wooden one or to find a plastic comb with more rounded, rather than super sharp teeth as you don’t want to cause any damage to your skin, especially if you end up using it for a long period of time. The comb works on the Pain Gate Control Theory, distracting the brain which allows more of your attention to focus on the sensation of what is happening with your hand and away from the sensations of contractions. I wasn't expecting to get these combs until late August, early September and they came in about a week.

Essentially, nerve impulses that are transmitted to the spinal cord are interrupted by the feeling of the comb being tightly gripped, acting as a distraction for the brain and altering the birthing person’s perception of pain.While this won’t take away your contractions, it does give you something to focus on — a distraction. Convenient and Portable: Designed with your convenience in mind, the Acu-Comb is compact and travel-friendly. Gas and air: This is a mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide gas which you can breath through a mask or mouthpiece. At the peak of a contraction grip the comb in your hand on the lao gang acupressure point and along with some calm breathing, you've got this Mama!

Details about how the Birth Comb works, and how to find the Lao Gong acupressure point are included with each Birth Comb purchase. For these same reasons, holding a comb can help you deal with pain in other circumstances as well, such as a toothache, cramps in your legs or chronic pain in your body. It added that there are 'lots of different pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to pain-relief in labour'. These beautiful engraved wooden combs also make great keepsake treasures, to look back on in the future or even pass on to your daughter for her labours. EXCLUSIVEKate is reunited with her three children for the first time in two weeks after leaving hospital.Author and TV presenter Nigel Clarke says that when he had his first child, he didn't think he needed support as a dad. She is the bestselling author of The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth and creator of the Mama Natural Birth Course. If you’d like to try using pressure points during labor, a few good ones to target can be found in the center of your palm. Others said the post was aimed at providing women with “personalised care” and options for their pain relief. You can use this technique as soon as you start to feel contractions and right up to you having your baby.