Is it possible to have contractions without pain?

Contractions can also occur without accompanying pain. In particular, exercise contractions occurring during pregnancy are usually painless and are usually only registered by a noticeable tightening of the abdomen. Lower labour pains occurring towards the end of pregnancy are also usually painless and are more likely to be described as a feeling of pressure on the bladder.

The actual contractions, which announce the approaching birth, can be painless or only slightly painful at the beginning. Often, however, other discomforts such as pressing, pulling or radiating pain into the back or vagina are then expressed.Physiologically, pain is always to be expected during birth due to the enormous strain on the mother’s body and the narrowing of the birth canal. This can be remedied by applying an epidural, or epidural for short.

Nevertheless, the patient will still feel a feeling of pressure, which can be unpleasant. However, this feeling of pressure is very important in order to be able to continue to register and feel contractions during the expulsion phase in the case of a natural vaginal delivery. In this way, the expectant mother can support the birth by actively pressing during the contractions. You can find further information here: Birth Pain

What is a woe simulator?

By means of an ache simulator it should be possible to simulate how the expectant mother feels the contractions of the uterus during birth. These artificial contractions are simulated by means of electrical impulses acting on the abdomen. A contraction simulation can be used by both women and men.

The intensity of the electrical impulses can be variably adjusted and gradually increased. In this way, an attempt is made to simulate the increase in contractions and pain as they occur during a real birth. A medical benefit of such a pain simulator is very questionable.

Birth is a natural process that has been taking place for thousands of years and does not need to be “practiced” with such a simulator. In addition, the simulator provides purely physical stimuli, the emotional aspect of a birth and the moment of actually having a child cannot be simulated. In most cases, such a crying simulator is tried out by expectant fathers who want to simulate the pain of a birth.