One of the more interesting diets in labour that I witnessed was from a much villified sub-cultural group in our society who ate fried potatoes dusted with a wide variety of seasonings washed down with a foul black sticky liquid which they swore was the only food they could keep down.
(Teenagers just love BBQ chips and coke, and even in labour found it a source of ready calories!) Trish =?iso-8859-1?q?Jen=20Semple?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Wow, it's interesting that women are even restricted from eating solid foods while they're labouring... the Cochrane folks, Enkin et al. (2000) Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy & Childbirth. (3rd ed, Oxford University Press) have a whole section on nutrition in labour (pp. 259- 263). It can be downloaded from http://maternitywise.org/pdfs/gecpc3ch29.pdf > > The gist is "...except for women at high risk of needing general anaesthesia, the > benefits of nourishment in accordance with women's wishes far outweigh the possible > benefits of more restrictive policies." (p. 259). > > In the two hospitals I've done my clinical placements, women have been encouraged to > drink to thirst & eat to hunger (lightly). > > Here's to evidence-based practice! > > Jen > 3rd year BMid student, MelbourneJoFromOz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > @page Section1 {size: 595.3pt 841.9pt; margin: 72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; } > P.MsoNormal { > FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" > } > LI.MsoNormal { > FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" > } > DIV.MsoNormal { > FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" > } > A:link { > COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline > } > SPAN.MsoHyperlink { > COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline > } > A:visited { > COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline > } > SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { > COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline > } > SPAN.EmailStyle17 { > COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial > } > DIV.Section1 { > page: Section1 > } > > > 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 > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. -- Trish David FACM Senior Lecturer Midwifery and Nursing Monash University School of Nursing Gippsland Campus Northways Road Churchill 3842 (03) 5122 6839 0418 994033 -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
