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post #21 of 38
1/20/06 at 3:16pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by lilyka
I packed gator-aide type stuff (powder) ad cliff bars and goo (carb boosting stuff for athletes. Dh thought it would be good to have in case I needed boost. I have never been able to actually swallow the stuff.)
:Puke

Sorry . . . (*grin*) One of the members of our dance group brought goo to a performance to give the dancers some extra energy. Several of the dancers managed to swallow the stuff, but not me! UGH!

Good ideas on this thread, though . . . I am hoping to have a short list of labor snacks to shop from once contractions begin (or I may just send one of the support people to the store), so I am and :
post #22 of 38
1/21/06 at 3:16pm
I've never had the desire to eat during labor.
post #23 of 38
1/21/06 at 3:23pm
great list!

Keep it coming!

thanks !


Amy
post #24 of 38
1/21/06 at 3:28pm
yep, I've also never had the desire to eat during labor, but maybe that's because my labors are so short... I do however always get ravinously hungry right before labor and for some odd reason I usually crave KFC (blech) I don't usually like the stuff but have requested it 3 out of 5 times just before labor hit...
As a doula I keep honey, luna bars and smart water with me all the time. Occasionally I'll add some fruit and mixed nuts and of course chocolate LOL
post #25 of 38
1/21/06 at 3:35pm
I did drink tons of Recharge too. Had to keep up the energy.
post #26 of 38
1/21/06 at 4:27pm
Somthing that I loved when in labor with my son was chicken broth~ I also remember drinking water during the pushing phase~ His labor was so much different from my first in that they allowed food/liquids during labor~ My 1st was in a hospital with very little patience for natural deliveries~

HTH's
Melissa
post #27 of 38
1/21/06 at 10:55pm
i had a quick labor but dh made me a chocolate protein smoothie when we realized it was real labor in case it was a long one...then together we made sushi (labor project) to eat right after. also, we made the srong red raspberry leaf tea that i read about here.
post #28 of 38
1/22/06 at 3:51am
I ate all through my last labor... Hash browns, luna bars, asian pears, apples, I don't remember what else. I drank a lot of white grape juice and water.
post #29 of 38
1/22/06 at 4:55am
I went into labor during dinner, and I just avoided eating the meat. Everything else sounded good (I was still in early labor at that point, hard labor I didn't even think about food).
post #30 of 38
1/22/06 at 7:20pm
At my mw's suggestion, I made ice cubes out of juice and that was wonderful - it helped keep me hydrated and also gave me some energy. Grape juice works well for freezing since it doesn't freeze too hard because there's so much sugar in it

Afterwards, I had a bbq pork sandwich that was super yummy

carrie
post #31 of 38
1/24/06 at 12:23am
Your baby is due on my birthday.

Anyway, I really didn't want anything to eat. I was thirsty, and I had a water bottle with me at all times, but I didn't feel up to eating or drinking anything of substance when I was in active labor. When I first started having regular contractions I scarfed down a bowl of fiber-rich cereal, but that's it.
post #32 of 38
1/24/06 at 2:58am
1st baby - toast, gatorade

2nd baby - I bought Luna bars, fruit leather, sesame seed sticks, that organic gatorade - what's it called? Ended up eating leftover quiche and pb&j.
post #33 of 38
1/26/06 at 12:14am
I'm normally a healthy eater, but ended up eating kd & grape juice, my ultimate comfort foods, spoon fed to me by my sweetie while I was in the birth pool.
yummmmmmmmmmmm
post #34 of 38
1/26/06 at 12:20am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pandora114
eat pears, they taste the same coming up as they do going down....

I appreciate this suggestion!

Great list! Hope to get more ideas!!
post #35 of 38
1/26/06 at 2:48am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pandora114
eat pears, they taste the same coming up as they do going down....
: I still remember the pears I ate during labor fondly. I ate a sandwich right as i figured out I was in labor. Then ate two pears. They were cold and juicy. Just what I wanted. Then afterward I chowed down. I think I ate two sandwichs with all the trimmings and juice and TONS of water.
post #36 of 38
1/26/06 at 5:47pm
Good stuff here, ladies. Keep it coming.
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post #37 of 38
1/26/06 at 6:53pm
ditto about not wanting to eat in late labor (although don't remind me since I don't eat meat that in early labor I got me some filet mignon!! Wow did it taste good!)... but super ditto about the recharge, before labor, I hated recharge, during... I couldn't get enough of it!!
post #38 of 38
1/29/06 at 2:25am
Recharge - a natural kind of gatorade. Other than that, I was eating the same things I normally would by the same night. I did not want anything other than ice chips while I was laboring, but my labor was only 6 hours long, so I did not have a long time. . .
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