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post #1 of 21
10/18/08 at 8:48pm
Thread Starter 
I'd like to use something a little healthier than the HFS version of Gatorade this time around. Any suggestions?
post #2 of 21
10/18/08 at 9:22pm
My plan was to use honey and water. Maybe a lil ACV in there too. But, I'm not sure that I'll be able to tolerate the smell since I apparently get nausea in labor.
post #3 of 21
10/18/08 at 9:31pm
Water with some sea salt and whatever else appeals to you - honey, lemon juice, etc.
post #4 of 21
10/18/08 at 9:37pm
I wasn't TF yet when trying for a home birth with DD ( I used EmergenC then)....

BUT if I am blessed enough to try again I will drink lots of coconut water!
post #5 of 21
10/19/08 at 12:03am
Would warm stock be a good idea?
post #6 of 21
10/19/08 at 12:08am
...and isn't kombucha full of electrolytes? ...you could buy yummy flavours or brew your own and add some ginger or something soothing yet energising.
post #7 of 21
10/19/08 at 12:36am
I just drank water..
post #8 of 21
10/19/08 at 1:31am
I've heard a lot of people drink coconut water but I'm not a big fan, at least I havent found any I really like yet. I drank kombucha during labour and it definetly helped with nausea.
post #9 of 21
10/19/08 at 1:53am
I used an organic sports drink at my co-op called Recharge. My midwife recommended it, it was easy, and it tasted really good.
http://www.knudsenjuices.com/product...&productID=520

It looks like it comes in plastic now, though. At the time it was in glass bottles, which I liked.
post #10 of 21
10/19/08 at 9:58am
omg, my dh made the yummiest drink for me. I always drank Recharge, lemon flavor, but this time i had:

in a 20 oz. bottle,
squeeze half a lemon
5 drops stevia
pinch of sea salt

of course adjust to taste, but I found each ingredient essential. the sweet and tart and sour all made the others taste better. sometimes i forget one, like salt, and it is NOT the same...

p.s. Cademyn, this is Saskiasmom from htg. Congratulations!!
post #11 of 21
10/19/08 at 10:48am
Chicken broth is one of the most powerful natural electrolyte sources out there. One time when I was badly dehydrated I had a dream where a woman led me to some chicken broth and pointed to it. I looked it up the next day and found out it is a powerful rehydrator. It might have something to do with the hyaluronic acid in it.
post #12 of 21
10/19/08 at 10:51am
you can google labor aid/aide/ade and there are lots of recipes. I seem to recall they have lemon juice, honey, and calcium magnesium tablets. I made some and never used it (that I recall). I drank what water I could.
post #13 of 21
10/19/08 at 1:33pm
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Originally Posted by mbravebird View Post
Chicken broth is one of the most powerful natural electrolyte sources out there. One time when I was badly dehydrated I had a dream where a woman led me to some chicken broth and pointed to it. I looked it up the next day and found out it is a powerful rehydrator. It might have something to do with the hyaluronic acid in it.
Interesting! I can't imagine chicken broth sounding good while I'm in labor but at least it's something I always have around.
post #14 of 21
10/19/08 at 4:47pm
a friend gave me this recipe. my labor was so fast i wound up not drinking it at all, just a little water, but it sounded good:

Labor Ade

2/3 c lemon juice
2/3 c honey
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 - 2 calcium tabs
water of juice fill to 2 qts or freeze in ice cubes and add to water or juice in cup
post #15 of 21
10/19/08 at 7:25pm
I hadn't yet discovered TF when I was pg with DS, but during labor with him I drank a lot of red raspberry leaf tea with honey.

Nor did I have any special "electrolite beverage" with either of my other births either. I ate normally if I was hungry, didn't eat if I wasn't, and drank a lot of water or diluted juice (as I'd been doing the whole pregnancy.)
post #16 of 21
10/19/08 at 7:30pm
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post #17 of 21
10/19/08 at 11:20pm
i was going to use coconut water but wasn't in labor long enough to really need much of anything but afterwards i had some coconut water that was mixed with apricot nectar i think? it came in an individual sized carton from our hfs. don't remember the brand, but it was really good.
post #18 of 21
10/20/08 at 9:07am
Last time I drink some Emergen-C as that was all that was available due to a very long story. I had hoped to have some RRL tea brewing or maybe some Laborade-next time hopefully it won't be so crazy during labor. I also ate bananas and toast.
post #19 of 21
10/20/08 at 12:14pm
i love warm lemon honey water, it's what my mom always made us when we were sick (well, that or the horrid umemboshi paste which i don't have such fond memories of, lol). also a young coconut sounds good or emergenC.
post #20 of 21
10/20/08 at 1:07pm
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p.s. Cademyn, this is Saskiasmom from htg. Congratulations!!
Thanks To you to for your not-so-new-anymore LO. How's the GERD?
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