Anyone can learn and employ the techniques of acupressure for labor. They are easy enough for your partner or you to use them. Although it’s more effective if a partner applies it. There are about eight different points on the body in which pressure can be applied. Some women find that they only need one or two stimulated to give them the pain relief they need while others prefer to use the whole range of pressure points. Some women have reported that the use of acupressure through the whole labor and delivery helped to diminish the pain of contractions and birthing by half or more. Some have even said that the birth was so easy and fast that the need for pain medications never came up.