New to Australia and used widely in the UK, Mama Tens allows you to experience a mobile, drug free labour, with personal control over your pain relief. Mama TENS is a TENS machine specifically for labour pain.
TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) has an excellent reputation as one of the safest most effective forms of modern pain control available to women during childbirth.
What is TENS?
TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, and has successfully been used for many years by pregnant women and professional midwives worldwide to treat labour pain.
How does Mama TENS work?
Mama TENS works by stimulating your bodies own natural defenses against pain. The Mama Tens unit transmits gentle electrical impulses through your skin via four self-adhesive pads, positioned on your back.
These gentle impulses attack pain in two ways:
• By stimulating the release of endorphins, the bodies own pain relieving hormones.
• Also by stimulating the nerves to block pain signals before they reach the brain.
• Mama Tens is unlike the common Tens machine as it has been specially designed for use during labour. The stimulation programs have been pre-set so that you don't have to fiddle around with the controls. Mama TENS will take you right through labour from the first contractions to the birth of your baby!!
The Advantages of Tens
• No effect on the baby
• Non addictive
• Non invasive
• Allows you to move around and stay mobile
• Pain control without drugs
• Safe to use at home
• User friendly
• Portable
• Can be used with other drugs if necessary
MamaTENS uses the latest technology. A digital unit with preset programmes to ensure maximum pain relief.
• Easy to use - Mama TENS has no knobs to turn, simply buttons to press.
• Pre-set programmes - There are three pre set recognised programmes including a unique ramp facility.
• Integral Booster Button - A boost button is built into the Mama TENS to allow for you and your partner to be more in control.
• Ramp Control - The Mama TENS has a unique ramp facility which can be used if pain becomes excessive or if the labour pains come on unexpectedly and you have not had time to build your endorphins.
• Detailed Instruction Booklet and Pictorial Guide - An easy to understand pictorial guide and instruction booklet is supplied with each unit.
