Bodyclock Health Care Ltd - Elle Tens

My wife used only this for pain relief during labour and she delivered our baby girl without needing an epidural. She used it for 4 hours without it running out of battery. We recommend the TENS machine strongly.

I had one of these when I was pregnant, for some reason I sold it after my child was born. I've recently purchased a second one for non-pregnancy related pain relief as I believe this is the best one on the market for the price. Perks: 1. Can be used with two electrodes or four - meaning it's easy to treat small or larger areas. 2. Controls are straight forward, no need to lose hours reading the manual. 3. Excellent range of strengths, so you can build up or go as delicately as you need to. 4. Unit has a good deep belt clip so you can clip it onto clothing, or you can use the neck strap it comes with. 5. The electrodes are sticky enough to stick and stay without ripping out hair when you remove them. 6. Replacement packs of electrodes are easy and reasonably cheap too purchase. 7. It takes 2 AA batteries to work, but arrives with 4. You are good to go, and keep going - everything you need is included. 8. Excellent for frozen shoulders, back pain, hip pain etc as well as pregnancy/labor related discomfort. Cons: 1. You may need assistance placing electrodes in those harder to reach spots on your back.

I decided to purchase rather than rent a TENS machine because I'm suffering with pregnancy related sciatica and have used TENS for previous muscular injury rehab. The order was delivered super quickly and the product is very well packaged with clear instructions. It's great to have on hand to relieve sciatica symptoms and I'm hoping that it will prove to be a great buy for labour too based on the reviews I've read on amazon and elsewhere for this product. Very easy to operate and the handheld unit makes it really easy to continue moving around while using it.

It was a pretty good option of pain relief for the early stage of my labour. Honestly I am not really sure if it worked or was just a distraction from the contractions, but anyway it did it’s job. Once contractions get more intense it will not do any miracles obviously. But giving 4 stars as it is easy to use and helped me through the early stage.

I was induced with a hormone pessary as my waters had broken with no contractions. I honestly would not have survived the contractions and pain without this machine. I had taken paracetamol an hour after induction and wasn't able to have any stronger pain relief as there were no available beds on labour ward. As a result I had to manage the pain for 10 hours before a bed was available and I could get an epidural. For the 2 hours prior to getting an epidural I was given gas and air, but by this point I was so exhausted that I was unable to coordinate my breathing to gain any benefit from it. The Tens got me through every contraction alongside counterpressure applied by my husband. It is without doubt one of the best purchases I made throughout my pregnancy and I would recommend this to anyone who is planning on having a vaginal delivery (even if you want a water birth, as it is difficult to predict whether this will truly be possible). I have also continued to use this for lower back pain following the delivery which has been really helpful to aiding my recovery. In summary my advice is that this is worth every penny and if you are not keen on purchasing it, you can hire it on the babycare website.