Re: [ozmidwifery] Urgent: Need Info on Eating In Labour Policies

[Susan Cudlipp]

We allow and encourage food and drink as desired, unless specific instructions from obstetrician otherwise (for the high risk ones who are looking very likely to become NELUSC)   Inductions are treated same as spontaneous labourers in this regard   Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: JoFromOz To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Urgent: Need Info on Eating In Labour Policies Women are allowed water, black tea, that kind of thing.  Whether epidural or not. Inductions are more strict though, water only.  I had to beg a doc to let my labouring woman have a barley sugar...   Jo   ---- Original Message ---- From: ljg To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:13 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Urgent: Need Info on Eating In Labour Policies > Hi all > Need some information from hospital based midwives re: your unit’s > policies in regards to women eating in labour. Need this info by > Wednesday – our anaesthetic department have taken it upon themselves > to direct midwives to keep women who have epidurals NBM, and I’m sure > there will be further in regards to women who don’t have epidurals. > If you could email me off list with what you policy says and where > you are from I would greatly appreciate it! Ahh the battle goes > on!!!!!!       > Lisa g > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Babies are Born... Pizzas are delivered.