Natural Treatments to relief pain during labor

Par­tic­u­larly dur­ing early labor, hav­ing a part­ner mas­sage your lower back, thighs or hips dur­ing con­trac­tions can be a wel­come dis­trac­tion and relief. Use a mas­sage oil rather than bare hands-it is wise to have a fragrance-free option avail­able, as even a favorite scent may become nau­se­at­ing or over­pow­er­ing dur­ing labor. Aro­mather­apy oils may, how­ever, be effective-lavender is famous for its calm­ing effect. Aro­mather­apy oils are usu­ally diluted in a car­rier oil such as apri­cot ker­nel oil before apply­ing to the skin, for safety rea­sons. Your part­ner need not be qual­i­fied in mas­sage, although this is a bonus! Com­mu­ni­ca­tion will ensure that he or she is apply­ing pres­sure cor­rectly and at the right moments.

Apply­ing Heat Treat­ment Dur­ing Labor

A hot Nature Cre­ation Herbal Pack can be effec­tive in reduc­ing the pain of con­trac­tions. Women who turn to heat for pain relief dur­ing men­stru­a­tion are likely to find this method com­fort­ing. It is use­ful to have a part­ner on hand to reheat the bags or bot­tles as nec­es­sary! A long wheat bag (or rice bag), which is big enough to cover the entire lower back from hip to hip, is espe­cially use­ful. Wheat or rice bags have an advan­tage over hot water bot­tles in terms of safety-a labor­ing woman can lie on them, twist, squeeze or even bite them with­out fear of rup­tur­ing them!

Labor­ing or Birthing In Water

Labor­ing and even giv­ing birth in a birth pool or tub is becom­ing an increas­ingly pop­u­lar birth choice. Women have many rea­sons for choos­ing a water birth, but pain relief is often a major fac­tor in the deci­sion. Cur­rent med­ical advice sug­gests that a labor­ing woman not enter the pool until she is 5–6 cm dilated, in order to avoid the water stalling labor. While some women find that the water inten­si­fies their con­trac­tions, most report a sen­sa­tion of relief, weight­less­ness and calm upon get­ting into the pool. Other women, who choose not to use a birthing pool, find that labor­ing in the shower pro­vides a sim­i­lar level of pain relief. One advan­tage a pool has over a shower is the ease with which a woman can change posi­tions. Aro­mather­apy oils can also be added to a pool, although this is not rec­om­mended if the woman plans to give birth in the pool. Again, bear in mind that some scents may seem over­pow­er­ing or unpleas­ant while in labor.

Using TENS Machines for Labor Pain Relief

A slightly higher-tech method of pain relief, TENS machines involve apply­ing elec­trodes to the lower back, which send elec­tri­cal sig­nals to the brain, inter­rupt­ing the pain sig­nals of labor. Mixed results have been reported with these machines; how­ever, they have the usual advan­tages of drug-free pain relief options, in that they are safe for mother and baby.

Using Rasp­berry Leaf Tea to Shorten Labor

Red rasp­berry leaf tea is a uter­ine tonic, often rec­om­mended for preg­nant woman dur­ing the third trimester to pro­mote Braxton-Hicks con­trac­tions and strengthen the womb in prepa­ra­tion for labor. Although no sci­en­tific stud­ies have been done, many women report that a large, strong brew of rasp­berry leaf tea at the onset of labor quick­ens labor and helps dimin­ish the pain expe­ri­enced. Rasp­berry leaf tea can be drunk sweet­ened or plain, hot or iced. The tea can also be sipped through­out labor, to keep hydrated.

Heat Packs on Sore Muscles

Heat ther­apy, along with its coun­ter­part ice ther­apy, has been one of the most effec­tive meth­ods for treat­ing sore mus­cles. Heat increases blood flow, reduces pain and is relax­ing. Heat patches are one of the more pop­u­lar items on the mar­ket today. They are con­ve­nient, because they allow you to be mobile while they work.

Nature Cre­ation is a lead­ing man­u­fac­turer in USA of nat­ural hot & cold herbal ther­apy packs. Our prod­ucts are unique because they are made of 9 essen­tial nat­ural herbs, blended into con­ve­nience pack-design to fit the con­tour of your body. Unlike com­mon heat patches in the mar­ket, they are made of iron, water, car­bon and salt. They work by the process of iron oxi­da­tion. When iron is exposed to oxy­gen, it gen­er­ates heat momen­tar­ily. Unfor­tu­nately, the heat gen­er­ated from these chem­i­cal reac­tion are uncon­trol­lable and can result to rash, skin irri­ta­tion due to chem­i­cal reac­tion on the skins.

Under­stand­ing the issue of sen­si­tive skins and adapt­abil­ity, Nature Cre­ation is offer­ing flex­i­ble, adapt­able and con­ve­nience ther­apy prod­uct for every­one. It is flex­i­ble because most of Nature Cre­ation prod­ucts can be used as heat or cold ther­apy treat­ments. you decide the heat­ing tem­per­a­ture by select­ing the heat­ing time of the microwave or the freez­ing time of the freezer. The prod­ucts are designed to fit com­fort­able to the con­tour of your body. In most designs, Nature Cre­ation prod­ucts have flex­i­ble Vel­cro straps for secur­ing the pack to the treat­ing area. Also, Nature Cre­ation is super con­ve­nience because you can use it many times for mul­ti­ple users, easy to pre­pare, and very effective.

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