Laboraide “The revolutionary aid to birth”

I came across this Facebook page by chance. I have never heard of this, but the page has over 13k followers, so it seems pretty popular…

Laboraide is actually a mouth-guard which can be used during labour and allegedly, reduces pain during child birth and shortens time in labour.

Wow.

The science behind says:

“A 2009 study by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Maryland USA has shown that using a simple ‘biting down’ device can reduce the duration of the second stage of labour by 40%.

Laboraide can also give women a welcome boost during the ‘pushing’ phase of their labour as clinical trials have shown a significant correlation between the use of ‘biting down’ devices and a corresponding increase in the user’s physical strength.

As well as helping to reduce the length of the second stage of labour, and optimising strength, Laboraide can help ease pain too. Biting down hard is a proven and time-honoured technique for altering the perception of pain in a completely natural way. Medical science has come a long way from offering women wooden sticks and pieces of leather to chew on!”

How does it work?

The DSD is thought to generate these remarkable results in three ways:

• ‘Biting down’ can increase muscle strength in the extremities, back and abdomen. This makes your pushing more powerful.
• The change in your posture with the DSD in place makes you able to push harder and to push continually for longer periods of time.
• By having your mouth open oxygen flow to the lungs is increased which aids the power to push.*

In 2011, OPRO supported a major study establishing that different thicknesses of DSD can have a dramatic effect on the wearer’s strength and performance.

*Please note – the Laboraide does not guarantee to provide any of the above

What do you think? Will you be buying one? If you do, you can do so at the Laboraide website.

If you have tried it we would love to hear your experience!