Babycare TENS Obi TENS Value Pack - Maternity TENS

Bought this for my wife during the birth of our baby! Initially we were quite sceptical of the pain releiving properties of a TENS machine in general (not just this particular brand), but this one has proven they are brilliant - cant comment on others!My wife had to be induced so her early labour contractions where more painful than a natural labour and we did wonder if this would work properly or not. It took a little while to get the hang of remembering to press the Boost button just as contractions began (not the TENS machines fault), but once we got the timing right the pain relief was quite noticable. It was used on its own for virtually most of the day, up until around 10pm in fact so that my wife could stay mobile on her birth ball and wall about, later on it was used in combination with gas and air. My wifes comment was that it felt like someone blowing 'raspberries' on her back, so it must have been good!The power levels on this machine start quite low, which is helpful if suffering mild contractions, but we started at a slighty increased level. The power goes from 1 through 10. We used the TENS right up to the point my wife had an epidural (her labour was induced at 9am Friday and she had the epidural at around 3am Saturday), and even then she only had it on level 6 so we got a lot of use out of it, and if it wasnt for the epidural I expect we would have used it right through to birth - incidentally the epidural didnt work and I my wife said she would have prefered to have carried on using the TENS all the time as it was working so well, in fact she said that she would have struggled with pain relief without it. It is so effective that on one occasion we forgot to turn the boost feature off after the contraction and on the next contraction my wife got quite agitated as it appeared not to be working anymore - this was solved by stepping up the power one level.This valuepack came with batterys, pads and a really handy storage/carry pouch, so really was a grab it out the bag and go!The controls of this TENS are so simple to use, on-off, boost and up & down power level, its even better because it can be held in one hand and the buttons operated with your thumb which is ideal for holding your loved ones hand/head/hair with the other hand! The display gives a clear indication of what it is doing - it has a really easy to see power level chart.The only slightly odd thing is the boost/burst mode. Burst mode is effectively a pulsed 'low power' mode and boost is a continuous 'high power' mode. I say high and low power, but it doesnt change the actual power level, it just the amount of time the power is applied. This isnt a problem, the only thing that did cause an issue is that during labour I had to pop out of the room for a minute and the midwife was left in charge of the TENS and she didnt know what BURST and BOOST meant - I tried to explain but at 4am, 19hrs or so into labour, you start to get a bit tired!. My only suggestion to the manufacturer would be to change the way that they are displayed.. ie.. when on BURST (the normal mode) to not show 'BURST', and only show 'BOOST' on the lcd when on BOOST, that way it is 100% clear that its on BOOST as nothing else is on the screen (apart from power level) at any other time.

I never ever write reviews for a product, but I had to for this. I used it for labour and couldn't have done it without it.I bought it last minute before my due date - delivery super fast and efficient.Easy to use, husband managed to figure it out and put it on me in the midst of labour, no problem. The pads stayed on for 24-36hours or so.I was in labour for ~45 hours with my first baby. Put this on when contractions started getting more painful. I managed to labour at home til 7cm with this, the midwives couldn't believe it.Got through whole of labour just with this as pain relief, it was so amazing and I can't recommend it highly enough.Good luck!

I have been using this in the run up to labour and it is great, easy to use and set up and 10 levels to chose from as well as a boost button. Good price compared to others on the market too. Hoping this helps during labour!

Bought this for my wife to use during labour. It worked well during the early labour stages with my wife remarking that it did help to lessen the pain, but as labour progressed to a later stage it didn't really help at all, and my wife had to resort to taking painkillers. It eats up batteries like breakfast so take spares with you to the labour room.

This little machine was absolutely essential as pain relief during my long and difficult labour. It helped during more than 20 hours non-stop until I was 5cm dilated. Very easy to use, different levels of strength easy to adjust and increase when the contractions were getting stronger. The pads were easy to put despite so many hours being used, with a few drops of water to help attach to the back, as the instructions say. Batteries did last with no problem even though we used them for many hours non-stop.Would buy again and again and will definitely use in my next labour.

I bought this early for my labor & birth to make sure I had time in case baby came early, so unfortunately I am out of the return window now.It worked great and relieved SO MUCH PAIN… for 3 contractions, then it just quit working. We tried new batteries, new leads, etc. but nothing worked.So sad it couldn’t help for the rest of my labor- definitely a disappointing waste of money.

I use the tens machine for pain relief on my lower back as I had an injury a few years ago, and sometimes it twinges and is agony. My back always feels worse in the evenings, so I put the pads on my lower back, and crank up the machine. Every morning my back feels incredible. It really does help the pain relief and helps to relax muscles. Never had a baby so can’t say how it works during labour but certainly helps other muscles pain.

I'm not going to say that this product didn't work, it just didn't help me at all. But it obviously helps other people.