Dannzibelle
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Posted: 06-19-07 13:31pm
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Ok so as you know i'm from England and
from reading on here it seems asthough for
those of you in the usa it's routine to
get an iv when you go to hospital when
you'r ein labour, i'm just wondering why
because as far as i know over here it's
only done if they need you to have one
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Posted: 06-19-07 13:37pm
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As far as I know it is pretty routine.
From what I understand, it is to help with
keeping you hydrated. It is also there in
case they need to give you antibiotics or
something pertaining to labor (ie,
pitocin, magnesium ect) Correct me if I'm
wrong.
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 06-19-07 13:41pm
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Oh i see, i just wondered why it was
different over here. So many things are so
different between the countries
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kaerbear
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Posted: 06-19-07 13:45pm
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yeah i think a lot of hospitals restrict
you from drinking or eating when they
admit you. so they have to keep you
hydrated with an iv. they do that in case
they have to do a c-section and they don't
want anything in your stomach that can
come up. it's also in case they want to
give you any kind of meds too i think
(like oxytocin/pitocin).
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 06-19-07 13:47pm
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| kaerbear
wrote: | | yeah i think a lot of
hospitals restrict you from drinking or
eating when they admit you. so they have
to keep you hydrated with an iv. they do
that in case they have to do a c-section
and they don't want anything in your
stomach that can come up. it's also in
case they want to give you any kind of
meds too i think (like
oxytocin/pitocin). |
The hospital i'm going to encourages you
to eat and drink in the begginning of
labour to keep your energy up. Oh man my
head hurts from all the differences 
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Posted: 06-19-07 13:52pm
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thank god my nurses were practically
forcing me to eat while i was in labor. i
had jelly donuts, chicken fingers, fries,
cheesecake, lots of coke... then i ended
up with a c-section and didn't get to eat
for 2 days.
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Posted: 06-19-07 13:56pm
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I didn't get to eat, either. It was
horrible! When I gave birth, my first
hospital meal was pitiful. I had just
delivered a child and they were giving me
very small portions. I asked to have a
second meal brought to me and they did.
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 06-19-07 13:57pm
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I've packed a few of my favourate snacks,
dried mango, some hard boiled sweets,
caramel rice cakes etc plus i've put a few
bottles of isotonic drink in there too
because my midwife said they advice you to
drink it in the early stages to keep your
energy up and it's really expensive in the
hospital so i figured i'd get some before
i went in to be prepared
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Posted: 06-19-07 14:07pm
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I ate during my 1st labor, which was kinda
good because I ended up throwing up a lot
when my contractions were so hard. It
wasn't a bad thing though-it was a good
outlet for pain. My advice is don't eat
anything you don't wanna throw up later.
I had a section too and they brought me
jello (not vegetarian!) and chicken broth
(hello! Chickens don't grow inthe
ground!). I was sooo hungry, my family
brought me chinese food. with my 2nd
child, I got a milkshake onthe way to the
hospital, but they took it away from me,
which was very sad. I left the hospital
on the morning of day # 3 after my second
c section and went to eat sushi that
night. 10 months of denial is hard ona
girl! So I say eat eat eat!
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kaerbear
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Posted: 06-19-07 14:15pm
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yeah i think it's more for the hospital's
benefit than yours when they don't let you
eat. midwives allow you to eat and drink
if you need to. ugh, when i had surgery i
couldn't eat for days afterward. i
couldn't even drink water for the first
couple of days. i survived on ice chips
exclusively. then they start bringing you
disgusting hospital food and wondering why
you don't even try to eat it. the first
time the lady came to pick up my tray i
was like "oh...thats food??? i was
wondering what that was..." lol. finally
someone smuggled in some fettucini from
olive garden on like day 4, and that was
my first meal.
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 06-19-07 14:17pm
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My hospital is along the coast so i'm
praying that someone decides to bring me
some fish and chips and smuggle them in
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Posted: 06-19-07 14:19pm
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I refused an .i.v for my labor for my
daughter. I labored with no medical
intervention.
ALthough, after I had her, I got a fever
of 103 and rising...so I *had* to have one
to administer antibiotics.
THey told me I had to stop drinking my
water in case of an emergency, but said I
could chew ice? make sense? Stupid if you
ask me...but mreh.
I had her 2 hours after I got there, so I
was in so much pain the last thing on my
mind was water/ice.
You'll do great!! I can't wait to see
herrrr!!
Sarah
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Posted: 06-19-07 14:38pm
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I was told that if you want pain
medication, the IV is neccessary.
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Posted: 06-19-07 14:39pm
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| kaerbear
wrote: | | then they start bringing
you disgusting hospital food and wondering
why you don't even try to eat it. the
first time the lady came to pick up my
tray i was like "oh...thats food??? i was
wondering what that was..." lol. finally
someone smuggled in some fettucini from
olive garden on like day 4, and that was
my first
meal. |
i was lucky, my hospital has awesome food!
it's so good that i crave the spicy
chicken tenders all the time. nick works
there so sometimes i'll meet him there for
lunch or he'll steal leftovers if they
cater a function. that's even where we get
pizza from if we decide we want pizza some
night!
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Posted: 06-19-07 14:46pm
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my first child i had with no pain releif
aunatural (i do not reccomend by no means
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and no i.v i hate needles. but not so
lucky with 2-3 had i.v and epi cause
emergenc sections. but i got to eat
anything i wanted with my first labor.
forgot what is hardboiled sweets????
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 06-19-07 14:51pm
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Hard boiled sweets are proberly what you
call hard boiled candy, you know fruit
flavoured hard suger candy type thing
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Posted: 06-19-07 14:54pm
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ohh hard candy ok. thank you. any more
pains hun? are you timing them 
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Posted: 06-19-07 14:56pm
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| candita sky
wrote: | | ohh hard candy ok. thank
you. any more pains hun? are you timing
them |
my lower back is hurting ALOT right now, i
had another at 20.49 but it wasn't as
strong as the first one
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Posted: 06-20-07 01:12am
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i think its almost time!!!!
cant wait....
i bet your excited? getting nervous?
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 06-20-07 01:49am
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| oh_mommy
wrote: | i think its almost time!!!!
cant wait....
i bet your excited? getting
nervous? |
I'm so excited! I'm not really all that
naervous to be honest, i think it's better
not to be too nervous or you'll panic, my
sister is amazing and has told me
absulutly everything about when both of
hers were born so there's not really going
to be any surprises because i know what to
expect
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