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eating in hospital during labor
"melbgal1" wrote in message t... In article t, Kim E. says... I just found out that the hospital i am planning to deliver in does not allow women to eat during labor- except ice chips -lol, ice is water not food!! Is this common? For those of you who have BTDT, did you even want to eat anything during labor? I could not imagine going more than a few hours without eating!!! I took in jellysnakes and a sportsbottle with cordial. Didn't matter. I couldn't stop vomiting, in the end I had to have an anti-vomit medicine put into my drip ( rehydrating me due to so much vomiting ) My midwife kept pushing red raspberry leaf tea with honey and salt, grape juice, and gatorate, trying to get me to hydrate. I could NOT drink or eat anything because I would promptly throw up. Well, I did drink water, but she didn't feel that was enough. At one point, one sip of grape juice had me emptying all the water I had managed to get down, so I refused after awhile. I had all kinds of foods and drinks ready to eat during labor, but once I was in labor my body was determined to have my stomach empty. No fun, is it?! I didn't eat for 42hrs as I didn't want anything after birth either, just sleep. I had eaten a sandwich at 7 pm, lost it at 1 am after trying some toast, so I didn't eat till noon after I had my son. The midwife really encouraged me to eat even though I really didn't feel like it after I had him. I just wanted to sleep! -- Joy Rose 1-30-99 Iris 2-28-01 Spencer 3-12-03 |
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eating in hospital during labor
"Kim E." wrote in message a.net... I just found out that the hospital i am planning to deliver in does not allow women to eat during labor- except ice chips -lol, ice is water not food!! Is this common? For those of you who have BTDT, did you even want to eat anything during labor? I could not imagine going more than a few hours without eating!!! -kim My hospital didn't allow it either even though I wanted that in my birth plan. But trust me, food was the LAST thing on my mind during labor! I went in at 5:30 am and labored until almost 10 at night. I had an episode early on where my blood pressure shot way down really fast, and I vomited up the drink I had been sipping. From that point on I was afraid to even drink/sip!! I hope your labor will be short so you'll be ok without eating. But you might find that you won't even want anything anyway-- really, you'll probably be more thirsty than anything, and you can eat after you have the baby etc etc. |
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eating in hospital during labor
Kim E. wrote in message ia.net...
I just found out that the hospital i am planning to deliver in does not allow women to eat during labor- except ice chips -lol, ice is water not food!! Is this common? For those of you who have BTDT, did you even want to eat anything during labor? I could not imagine going more than a few hours without eating!!! -kim It sounds like my hospital was highly unusual - not only did they encourage eating & drinking, they even had a kitchenette with snacks! They did have to grab a teabag from somewhere else, tho. I think I had a granola bar and an apple, IIRC. Dh complained about the lack of selection - I'll have to tell him he was lucky to get anything! ;-) Anyhow, I second (42nd?) the advice to pack stuff in. If you don't want it, your dh very well may! Irene |
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eating in hospital during labor
Joybelle says...
"melbgal1" wrote ... I took in jellysnakes and a sportsbottle with cordial. Didn't matter. I couldn't stop vomiting, in the end I had to have an anti-vomit medicine put into my drip ( rehydrating me due to so much vomiting ) My midwife kept pushing red raspberry leaf tea with honey and salt, grape juice, and gatorate, trying to get me to hydrate. I could NOT drink or eat anything because I would promptly throw up. Well, I did drink water, but she didn't feel that was enough. At one point, one sip of grape juice had me emptying all the water I had managed to get down, so I refused after awhile. I had all kinds of foods and drinks ready to eat during labor, but once I was in labor my body was determined to have my stomach empty. yep, that was me. I didn't eat for 42hrs as I didn't want anything after birth either, just sleep. I had eaten a sandwich at 7 pm, lost it at 1 am after trying some toast, so I didn't eat till noon after I had my son. The midwife really encouraged me to eat even though I really didn't feel like it after I had him. I just wanted to sleep! Lucky for me, I gave birth just after midnight, so it wasn't really 'mealtime' anyway. I can't believe I was offered a coffee ( dehydrating ). I guess they were just trying to find something that might appeal and make me feel better -- Proudly presenting Bébé B Born 20.Apr.2004 |
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