Comments on: Is it really safe to eat and drink while in your birthing time? http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/is-it-really-safe-to-eat-and-drink-while-in-your-birthing-time/ how to enjoy your pregnancy and birth Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:07:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: LCM http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/is-it-really-safe-to-eat-and-drink-while-in-your-birthing-time/#comment-289 LCM Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:21:56 +0000 http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-289 I thought it was abusive when I had been in labor for 24 hours and they gave me those awful ice chips. I had hubby sneak me a blueberry muffin and nothing bad happened. I think women should be allowed to eat and drink as well. I thought it was abusive when I had been in labor for 24 hours and they gave me those awful ice chips. I had hubby sneak me a blueberry muffin and nothing bad happened. I think women should be allowed to eat and drink as well.

]]> By: Karyl http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/is-it-really-safe-to-eat-and-drink-while-in-your-birthing-time/#comment-264 Karyl Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:05:54 +0000 http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-264 I ate and drank in the labor and delivery room blatantly during my first birth, and despite all warnings. If you're running a marathon, you can't do it on an empty stomach. I wound up going through 65 whole hours of labor with a shot of Nuvain at the end... and I wasn't going to 'not eat'. In fact, I think the reason I pooped out at the end was because I wasn't consuming enough! How may calories does it take to pop out a baby? I ate and drank in the labor and delivery room blatantly during my first birth, and despite all warnings.

If you’re running a marathon, you can’t do it on an empty stomach. I wound up going through 65 whole hours of labor with a shot of Nuvain at the end… and I wasn’t going to ‘not eat’. In fact, I think the reason I pooped out at the end was because I wasn’t consuming enough!

How may calories does it take to pop out a baby?

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]]> By: To Eat or Not To Eat, That is the Question. « Real women. Real options. Real birth. http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/is-it-really-safe-to-eat-and-drink-while-in-your-birthing-time/#comment-163 To Eat or Not To Eat, That is the Question. « Real women. Real options. Real birth. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:18:24 +0000 http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-163 [...] energy they need and be hydrated.  For more links to other research check out Enjoy Birth’s Blog post on this [...] [...] energy they need and be hydrated.  For more links to other research check out Enjoy Birth’s Blog post on this [...]

]]> By: Christina http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/is-it-really-safe-to-eat-and-drink-while-in-your-birthing-time/#comment-153 Christina Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:15:33 +0000 http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-153 GREAT post Sheridan! I think I may print all this out and post it in the birth center where I work. People DO read this stuff! Reminds me of my own first birth... I had a doula with me who snuck food to me throughout my very long labor and I KNOW this fuel kept me going. If you don't refuel your car, it won't run! If you don't refuel your body, it won't run well either! I have never, never understood how so many "well-educated" people still believe that if you don't give your body nutrients, it will still continue to treat you well. We tell athletes to "power up" before a game... and be sure to eat snacks before and after to replenish lost nutrients and calories. Yet we'll allow a mother to labor for 24 hours without a single bite to eat. How brilliant (not) is that??? I think people are also afraid of vomiting during labor. Well, women VOMIT during transition... many do. It happens... you can't stop it. It's not a reason to starve someone! As usual, great post! GREAT post Sheridan! I think I may print all this out and post it in the birth center where I work. People DO read this stuff!

Reminds me of my own first birth… I had a doula with me who snuck food to me throughout my very long labor and I KNOW this fuel kept me going. If you don’t refuel your car, it won’t run! If you don’t refuel your body, it won’t run well either!

I have never, never understood how so many “well-educated” people still believe that if you don’t give your body nutrients, it will still continue to treat you well. We tell athletes to “power up” before a game… and be sure to eat snacks before and after to replenish lost nutrients and calories. Yet we’ll allow a mother to labor for 24 hours without a single bite to eat. How brilliant (not) is that???

I think people are also afraid of vomiting during labor. Well, women VOMIT during transition… many do. It happens… you can’t stop it. It’s not a reason to starve someone!

As usual, great post!

]]> By: River Eden Doula http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/is-it-really-safe-to-eat-and-drink-while-in-your-birthing-time/#comment-150 River Eden Doula Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:29:14 +0000 http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-150 "in Europe women eat and drink lightly throughout their birthing time" Is this recent? I know my boyfriend's Mother was told not to eat when she was in labor at an NHS hospital, but that was in 1985. Maybe its just the UK. I don't have any trouble believing the rest of Europe is ahead of us... grr. By the way, when I am with doula clients I educate them beforehand on the issue of NPO policy and I bring them food when the nurses are gone. ;) “in Europe women eat and drink lightly throughout their birthing time”

Is this recent? I know my boyfriend’s Mother was told not to eat when she was in labor at an NHS hospital, but that was in 1985. Maybe its just the UK. I don’t have any trouble believing the rest of Europe is ahead of us… grr.

By the way, when I am with doula clients I educate them beforehand on the issue of NPO policy and I bring them food when the nurses are gone. ;)

]]> By: What to do next time… « Enjoy Birth Blog http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/is-it-really-safe-to-eat-and-drink-while-in-your-birthing-time/#comment-149 What to do next time… « Enjoy Birth Blog Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:15:18 +0000 http://enjoybirth.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-149 [...] taken my class, so I know they KNOW it is OK to eat and drink during a birth.  (More on this in my next post)  So I will just stay sly about it.  If mom gets caught I will stay silent and not provoke the [...] [...] taken my class, so I know they KNOW it is OK to eat and drink during a birth.  (More on this in my next post)  So I will just stay sly about it.  If mom gets caught I will stay silent and not provoke the [...]

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