Studies on Electrostimulation
One study on a very small amount of women (8) went into labour following acupuncture treatments, suggesting feasibility for electrostimulation acupuncture as a method to induce labour within 24 h or less of 1 treatment.
The points they used were;
The needles were inserted into the points;
For uterine stimulation and the action of moving baby ‘down’.
Shortens time between the due date and delivery.
Increase contraction frequency and strength.
Stimulate relaxation in the mother.
This case shows that a relatively painless, affordable, safe, and non-pharmaceutical approach to inducing labour is feasible and may be useful.
A 2015 efficacy study comparing Chinese medicine with conventional methods showed that Chinese medical interventions could reduce the number of interventions throughout the birth process as well as delivery interventions.
4 of these women went into active labour within 1 to 26 hours after the first treatment. Three women went into active labour 4 to 36 hours after the second treatment.
And lastly, this study shows that electrostimulation encourages cervical ripening with similar results to misoprostol and actually has a higher amount of vaginal deliveries without obstetric complications in comparison to misoprostil.