My back pain during contractions was managed with the Labour TENS machine .  I didn’t want an epidural and with the help of the TENS I didn’t need one.  I arrived at the hospital 7-8cm dilated.  If I hadn’t used the TENS I think I would have gone to hospital a lot earlier and probably would have given in to an epidural.

I will use Labour TENS again for sure and have suggested to my pregnant friends that they use it too.