Pain relief in labour can be highly varied using various forms of pain medication. As well as these medically administered pain relief options there are also many more conservative options such as general movement, massage, warm water and TENS.

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve stimulation (TENS) has been used in the management of chronic and acute pain for many years and in the last 20 years has also been adapted to use during labour to assist with reducing the intensity of pain during contractions(1).