After the 42nd week of pregnancy, complications can arise, so most birth professionals will recommend that you be induced. This is not an instant fix. Labor can still take hours or even days to proceed, so it's necessary to keep up your strength.
But, induction can increase your chances of needing a Cesarean section, so you need to eat very lightly. When labor does not start naturally, or if you are experiencing complications such as preeclampsia, high blood pressure, gestational diabetes or bleeding, your doctor may want to induce labor. This can be done by administering either prostaglandin or oxytocin, or by breaking the amniotic sac. Prostaglandin usually takes the form of a vaginal suppository.
Oxytocin is administered through an intravenous feed, called an IV. Breaking the amniotic sac with a sterile instrument encourages your body to increase its natural supply of prostaglandin. I was happy that they only gave me Jello. Possibility of Cesarean. A possibility in every birth story is an emergency c-section. Doctors suggest that before c-sections that women avoid having any food or drink. Doctors typically do not want you to eat the morning of your induction.
However, you are permitted to eat the day before. The nurses and doctors laughed. I was only slightly joking.
I could hold my baby forever and love on him, but I still was starving. I had been in a labor for a while and I pushed a big 10 pound baby out!
In most cases, room service will not be available to the delivery rooms. Many hospitals have time limits where they HAVE to stay in the delivery room no matter if you have fulfilled all the things you must do. I know that it is really hard to get through labor and delivering while being hungry. I have had three babies and they have all been well over 9 lbs. Labor is hard and by the end I am starving.
I have hypoglycemia and so I usually just need food right away. Nurses and doctors are not trying to make you suffer by telling you no food. Not eating during labor and delivery is actually in your best interest and will protect you and your baby! My name is Veronica Mitchell. I am a mother to two adorable little girls and a handsome little boy. I spend my days caring from my children, packing lunches, reading aloud, and kissing boo-boos.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. What is Induction? When a mother is being induced it usually means that the mother is given Pitocin.
Pitocin is a drug that is given to the mother through an IV. Not everyone is super jazzed about the idea of eating only ice chips for however long the delivery takes.
In most cases, people who are about to deliver a baby will not be given solid foods. In fact, "withholding food is still is a tradition in most hospitals and extends to care for women being induced," midwife Sharon L. So why is food withheld for people who just had labor induced?
It's about keeping you safe if going under anesthesia becomes necessary. An emergency C-section "raises the risk of vomiting and aspiration of stomach contents getting vomit down the breathing tube into the lungs ," explains Dr. Ryan, who also notes that this risk is low with current methods of anesthesia.
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