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[quote=Anonymous]Just want to point out, as many have point out countless times before that no two pregnancies are identical and neither are any two labors.  So, just because you had no interest in food or vomited or whatever during your labor, EVERY OTHER PREGNANT WOMAN IS NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT SAME FEELING/EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAD.  So, please stop claiming you are an expert in what others will want.

Now, for those of you who want ideas of things that you may find palatable when food isn't sounding too good, I drank Odwalla protein shakes throughout my labor.  It was a very long labor that wasn't by any means easy and I had very little interest in real food, but the protein shakes really kept me going, especially since I was able to drink them super cold through a straw.

I was at a birth center, so was encouraged to eat and drink as much as I desired.  I also didn't vomit any of it back up, either.  Not that that matters, because even if I did vomit, I still needed the energy I got from it to help me last through delivery.

Whomever posted that they were considering getting sports gels also had a great idea.  I'm no marathon runner, but I do think that labor is a little like running a marathon and sources of energy that are gentle on your digestive system and easily converted to fuel seem like exactly what one might need in this situations....[/quote]

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