New to Market 2013:
Laboraide - £19.99
Unique Selling Points:
• Designed to relieve the pain of Labour
• Can Help Reduce the length of second stage labour
• Can also be used with other pain relief methods – Tens, gas and air, as well as epidural
• No pre-molding required, just pop into your mouth during labour
• Non-invasive and totally natural aid to your baby’s birth
Some of the reviewers thoughts:
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Mumii Team, NT HQ
Laboraide is new to market this year in a bid to help mother's through childbirth without the need for medial intervention or rather the intervention of drugs. This I am sure is music to many Mum-to-Be's ears! You can buy this product off the shelf and pop it into your labour bag - and when the time is right put it to good use. It comes in varying thicknesses and you can buy either a duo-pack or a quad pack - if funds allow I would consider the quad pack as you are more likely to find a thickness which suits you. I would also recommend popping it into your mouth for a while before you are in full blown labour as the feeling does take a little getting used to - at first they felt too 'big' but after a while you notice them less. As with all products which claim to help you have an easier, less painful labour, if they work then they are worth every penny - but not everything works for everyone unfortunately.
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Caroline, Lincolnshire
The packaging claims a lot, including how discreet they are. You can pop one in and no one would no. I have to say that they both stuck out of my mouth so people would see them, not so discreet! I couldn't see the point of the 1mm one and the plastic at the back was really uncomfortable in my mouth. The 3mm was better. Definitely not sure about this one.
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Melissa, Scarborough
Laboraide retails at £19.99 and it's a small simple device that you put in your mouth and is designed to help aid the second stage of labour. Now, although I didn't use them during labour I did try them out round the house and found them to be big for my mouth and the moulded plastic hurt and felt quite painful. My husband tried one as I wanted to know if I just had a small mouth but he also felt the Laboraide hurting and digging in to his mouth. I think if the Laboraide was made out of a softer material this may improve the product or even being able to trim it down may also help. I would not buy or recommend this product.