Edibles for labor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't need to be eating snacks while in labor.

Yes you do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't need to be eating snacks while in labor.

Calm down and eat an edible.

[Anonymous]

Why would they make a note about that kind of question
? I highly doubt they would. I considered smoking pot in the early stages of my pregnancy to help alleviate my terrible morning sickness. It has been been proven harmful to the fetus. Besides, aren't all the folks - pregnant women included - always high on Ina May's farm? Hasn't seemed to impact their ability to give birth to healthy babies any. IJS.

[Anonymous]

It has *not been

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don't need to be eating snacks while in labor.

Yes you do.

No, you really don't. This is one of those weird homebirther fixations, that you're going to want to be eating hoagies while pushing, and the fascistic doctors won't let you.

[Anonymous]

OP, what is the effect of edibles that you think would help during labor? You can probably figure out how to get that in a more measurable and legal way, like nitrous. Personally my drug of choice would have been valium but instead I got some kind of narcotic in my epidural. I would not have chosen marijauna because for me it is depersonalizing and causes anxiety -- two things I did not need! I didn't even really like the narcotic because it made me feel so fuzzy, which is not something I like.

To be honest, what you really want in labor is pain relief, and that is what the epidural is for.

[Anonymous]

What about snacks after you have edibles? You might get the munchies...

[Anonymous]

To the snacker comments (as I have no idea about anything related to edibles that doesn't relate to snacking) --

I didn't know I was in labor because I was stupid and thought it was just gas. I was planning to have lunch with my DH after my OB appointment, so I had an empty stomach when there and was starving. My OB announced that I was 5cm dilated and should probably start thinking about going to the hospital, especially since labor might be moving quickly since I hadn't recognized it as labor yet.

We rushed home to get my things, and I was seriously hungry and afraid I'd never be allowed to eat at the hospital. I stuffed a cheesy tortilla down my throat as we jumped into the car and drove to the hospital.

Upon entering my room at the hospital, I immediately threw up the entire tortilla. After that, I was never sick again but had zero desire to eat.

So I think snacking might work for some but in the later stages of labor is really not at all going to appeal or even be possible for many women's bodies.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, the worry about hospitals starving you is greatly overblown. I doubt too many people are going to want to be snacking during labor. It's a nice idea, but I've given birth twice and the most I could tolerate is some Coke. I couldn't eat much for a few days afterward either.

[Anonymous]

Hmm. Thinking back on my first labor, which included lots of prodromal labor and almost no sleep for many days straight, I can see how perhaps edibles would be a good thing-- not during active labor, or even during the early stages, but for that time when you're at home and contractions are really irregular (and unproductive) but so painful that you're not sure how to cope.

However, I just can't get behind doing something that you cannot ask your midwives about and that most midwives likely could not recommend. Get a doula instead and try one of the birth hypnosis techniques if you anticipate suffering anxiety. These things are well-tested and not likely to result in you being referred to CPS, worry about which would stress me out more than any pain and fear of childbirth.

[Anonymous]

Attention folks, the OP isn't talking about food. She's talking about pot in food. So this isn't a snacking thread in the traditional sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Attention folks, the OP isn't talking about food. She's talking about pot in food. So this isn't a snacking thread in the traditional sense.

Yes yes, we know. But that is so absurd we might as well just talk about snacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would they make a note about that kind of question
? I highly doubt they would. I considered smoking pot in the early stages of my pregnancy to help alleviate my terrible morning sickness. It has been been proven harmful to the fetus. Besides, aren't all the folks - pregnant women included - always high on Ina May's farm? Hasn't seemed to impact their ability to give birth to healthy babies any. IJS.

My OB actually told me that while he couldn't legally recommend medical marijuana it was known to help with morning sickness. I didn't try.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't want to do any drug which would possibly make the baby drowsy. OP you should google all the changes that have to happen when a baby is first born. Anything that depresses the baby is not a good idea!

Get an epidural or use nitrous or both. Don't be dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't want to do any drug which would possibly make the baby drowsy. OP you should google all the changes that have to happen when a baby is first born. Anything that depresses the baby is not a good idea!

Get an epidural or use nitrous or both. Don't be dumb.

Well, it's not completely dumb-- and I say this as someone who is pretty anti-pot (for recreational purposes).

First labors are often long and arduous, and sometimes early labor can be quite painful. This is generally a time before women are in the hospital, sometimes a significant amount of time, when they are unable to sleep because of contractions or just really uncomfortable, but their labor isn't really progressing. Often an epidural at this point can also mean a Pitocin drip, which many people prefer to avoid if possible.

My midwives recommended a glass of wine at this stage. That's completely legal. So are opiate pain relievers like Stadol that are typically given in the first stage of labor (and may well have more significant side effects than marijuana-- do we really know?). I wouldn't do anything without asking/telling my midwives, OP, and neither should you. FWIW, I think my midwives would answer the question fairly and non-judgmentally and not jump to conclusions about me, but you should definitely not use the word "edibles"-- ask whether marijuana has been used medically during the first stage of labor to help relax mothers and allow them to rest.