• Niamh A Charles, Susan Yount, and Anne Morgan.
• Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay, Oregon; Waterfall Clinic, North Bend, Oregon; and Belle Vie Gentle Birth Center, Salem, Oregon. Electronic address: lenorecharles@hotmail.com.
• Pain Manag Nurs. 2016 Jun 1; 17 (3): 197-203.

AbstractPregnancy is often a time when chronic pain is exacerbated, or when acute pain appears. Frequently the easiest intervention within reach, for both chronic and acute pain, is a prescription. However, medication cannot correct the cause of the pain; instead it alters the person's experiential perception of the pain. In addition, medication exposes both mother and fetus to risks. To provide simple, evidence-based, holistic/alternative remedies for women who experienced nonemergent pain during pregnancy. Holistic/alternative techniques for increasing comfort were taught to the participants and individualized during three sessions. Levels of pain and comfort were measured before and after the treatment, using the validated General Comfort Questionnaire and Pain Outcomes Profile. Pain scores decreased from an average of 5.8/10 to 3.5/10 (p = .00). Comfort scores increased from an average of 17.5 to 30 (p = .00).Copyright © 2016 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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