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How effective is labor acupressure? As well as the testimonies of many happy new mothers, there has been a lot of positive feedback from midwives. Even when there is some degree of skepticism - either about the theory behind the practice, or from people who have previously been treated with acupuncture and doubt the effectiveness of the practice when not using needles - reactions have been good. The birthing women have reported feeling a real difference in their contractions when the appropriate points were being pressed. Many of the new mothers rated acupressure very highly as a form of pain relief, with comments like ‘fantastic’ and ‘couldn’t have done without it’. Many women who tried a TENS machine in addition to acupressure during labor found that acupressure was more effective than the TENS machine. This machine provides pain relief by administering a low electrical current to specific points on the birthing woman’s body. These machines, unlike acupressure, can’t be used in a birthing pool, shower, or bath. In addition to ratings varying from “very good” to “excellent” from the mothers being treated with acupressure during labor, the lower instance of medical intervention in cases where acupressure was used speaks for itself. Furthermore, once a woman has gone past her due date and medical induction looks increasingly likely, acupressure is helpful in inducing labor naturally. Midwives using acupressure and advising expectant mothers to apply pressure to points such as Adjoining Valley (LI4) and Three Yin Crossing (SP6) and the sacral points, two or three days before a planned medical induction, repeatedly report that the women who had been doing acupressure at regular intervals managed to go into labor naturally and avoided the medical induction. Indeed even when a woman who has been using acupressure still needs to have a medical induction there are far fewer complications and most of these women achieve a natural delivery. So, not only does the use of acupressure often mean that medical intervention is unnecessary, but should medical intervention be unavoidable acupressure can continue being applied in complete safety and usually to great benefit. To get step-by-step instructions how to induce labor naturally, get labor pain relief and relieve many other discomforts, such as nausea, visit
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