Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: \- Women undergoing scheduled or non-urgent cesarean section Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English speaking * Subjects with a history of chronic pain or chronic opioid use * Pre-operative use of opioids for more than 1 week in the preceding 6 months * Previous exposure to the TENS unit * Women with an allergy or contraindication to narcotics/NSAIDs/acetaminophen * Subjects who had a midline vertical skin incision during this operation * Subjects who did not receive intrathecal opioids at the time of their cesarean delivery * Adhesive allergies * Subjects with a pacemaker (due to the unknown effects of the TENS on the electrical activity of the heart) * Intraoperative general anesthesia * Inability to consent to the study * Postpartum tubal ligation