TENS for Postpartum Uterine Pain During Breastfeeding
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Treating Postpartum Uterine Pain During Breastfeeding in Multiparous Women: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Breast Feeding
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Holy Family Hospital, Nazareth, Israel
- Enrolment target
- 124
- Started
- 15 August 2026
- Main results due
- 1 July 2027
- Study sites
- 2
- Registry updated
- 28 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 18 years and over.
- Women only.
- Healthy volunteers can take part.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Maternal Age above 18 * Term delivery (37 weeks or more) * Vaginal delivery within the past 48 hours. * Multiparous women (2 or more previous births) * Delivery of a singleton * Have the well to breastfeed Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to TENS (pacemaker, epilepsy, active infection, uncontrolled hyper / hypotension.) * Chronic analgesia use * Severe complications requiring intervention (severe PPH) or intensive care * Skin lesions, infections, or scars at proposed electrode sites * Neonatal intensive care unit admission
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
This clinical study is designed to evaluate whether Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is an effective, non-drug method to relieve postpartum uterine pain during breastfeeding in multiparous women (women who have given birth multiple times). Breastfeeding in the first 48 hours after delivery often triggers strong, painful uterine contractions due to the natural release of oxytocin. While standard care typically relies on pain-relief medications, this study investigates if TENS, a safe, low-cost device that sends gentle electrical impulses through small skin patches, can significantly reduce this pain and decrease the need for systemic medications. Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive standard postpartum pain medications or use a TENS device during two consecutive breastfeeding sessions. Researchers will measure and compare the peak pain levels between both groups using a standard 0 to 10 pain scale. The aim is examining whether TENS will significantly reduce postpartum uterine pain during breastfeeding and decrease medication use compared with standard care.
Study sites(2)
Holy Family Hospital
Nazareth, Israel
Recruiting
Holy Family Hospital
Nazareth, Israel
Recruiting
Showing 2 of 2 sites. 2 of the 2 sites on this study are recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07703917. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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