Even if you’re skeptical of some methods, like the labour comb, there’s no harm in having a selection of strategies in your labour toolkit to draw from on the day – this way you can trial them all and see what is most effective for you. The gate control theory says that the brain cannot concentrate on more than one sensation at the same time. Jeremy Allen White is given the 'perfect face' based on science - so, do YOU think the actor looks more attractive?

Love Island All Stars viewers praise Sophie Piper for 'snitching' on scheming Georgia Steel during secret flirty chat with Tom Clare: 'He's gonna tell the villa! An NHS trust that had to suspend the use of gas and air has suggested women should squeeze a hair comb during labour to ease pain. We recommend having 1 cup a day from 32 weeks, 2 cups from 33 weeks, and a maximum of 3 cups from 33 weeks until your baby arrives.

Others said the post was aimed at providing women with “personalised care” and options for their pain relief. It added that there are 'lots of different pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to pain-relief in labour'. Most birthing people find this tool most useful in active labour when their contractions are stronger, more frequent and more intense. I would spend every other night in the bath (preparing for a hopeful water birth) listening to your audios, practicing being in labour (with your surge audio) listening to your positive birth stories - and all along using the (INCREDIBLE) comb - the best thing ever!

Milli Hill, author of The Positive Birth Book, said “more natural approaches to pain relief such as the comb” needed to be part of a wider support and care package that “gave women the very basic ingredients they need to have the best chance of a straightforward birth”.It also plays a part in the gate control pain theory, nerve endings in your hand send messages to the brain and distract it away from the sensations of contractions. I used a birthing comb during my first few breastfeeding sessions when I was dealing with chapped nipples and bleeding blisters. One person commented: “On behalf of me and the PTSD that I still have from the lack of pain relief, kindly shove the comb. She is the bestselling author of The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth and creator of the Mama Natural Birth Course.