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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm married to an anesthesiologist and the no-foods rule is not a joke.  It can be extremely dangerous to perform surgery on someone with a full-stomach (and that's defined as having anything other than water for the last 8 hours).  Pregnant women are especially prone to vomiting, and the risk of aspiration (vomit entering the lungs) is high and can be extremely dangerous, even fatal.  [/quote]

Tell your husband to look at the research on this.  the risk of aspiration is the same regardless of whether or not the patient has eaten.[/quote]

Thank you - YES - a patient could vomit bile and aspirate that, which might even be more harmful than whatever it was that she wanted to eat.  The truth is that the risk of aspiration is extremely low, regardless of whether or not a patient has eaten.  And, again, a woman needs to be having one of those extremely rare births that require GA to begin with.  Ladies, ask your OBs - how often does a woman need an emergency c/s under GA?  How often does that happen with someone who has eaten recently?  Have they every personally seen aspiration in these situations?  If so, what were the outcomes? [/quote]

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