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12/22/06 at 4:32am
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Originally Posted by tinyshoes View Post
ice chips!

ice chips ice chips ice chips!!!

don't you know the American Birthing Machine runs on ice chips and 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 PUSH!!!! commands!

Nothing by mouth is an archaic, and often practiced, hospital rule that limits surgery patients--and OB patients, who are ALL POTENTIAL surgery patients--to nothing, or ice chips, to prevent a potential (and rare) complication of aspirating food contents into the lungs during general anesthesia.

who would run a marathon on ice chips?!?!?! you need water and food! labor is hard work!
Exactly! Unfortunately that is exactly what happened to me. :



Here's another great article from the same magazine:

http://www.parents.com/parents/story...2&psrc=storyrl