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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You ladies crack me up.

The thought of eating anything, or oh god - drinking salty BONE BROTH - during labor grosses me out so much. I was very tired, but the last thing I wanted in the world was food or heavy drinks. Admittedly I had an induction and it was just 6 hours, so perhaps a longer labor would have pushed me to smuggle in a slurpee. But I'm confident I would not have wanted a burger or chocolate. Or bone broth.

I'm betting 75% of those of you who haven't given birth yet won't even care about food. Before you head to the hospital eat a banana, a granola/cereal/power bar, and some juice, and you'll be ok.

Oh, and you'll probably poop. It happens.

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Well, my first labor was 32 hours. I labored for the first 14 or so hours at home and ate somewhat regular meals. Labor was erratic so headed to the birth center so the midwives could check me out. Spent a few hours there but my BP was high and I risked out of the birth center. At the hospital, my midwife had no problem with my eating even though it was against hospital policy. That is, she had no problem until there was fetal distress that had the potential to lead to a c-section. This was about 24 hours into the labor. I wanted yogurt and she cut me off, saying, if you end up with a c-section, the anesthesiologist will kill me.  That's when I opted for an epidural because there was no way I could make it much longer without food.

My second labor was an 8-hour induction without pain meds. Even though I ate right before heading to the hospital, I still got hungry during labor. I felt funny about sneaking food, even though I think the midwife would have looked the other way, so ended up just having apple juice, which was on the hospital's OK list. It gave me quick energy, but part of me wishes I'd have had something more.[/quote]

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