13 responses to “Eating at Birth – the BMJ OK!”

1. 
   Kel

   March 24, 2009 at 9:32 pm | Permalink

   whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat! you’re kidding right?

2. 
   Lisa Barrett

   March 24, 2009 at 10:36 pm | Permalink

   click on the link, they did research!!

3. 
   Billie

   March 24, 2009 at 10:50 pm | Permalink

   Oh don’t you just love “world breaking news”? Apparently because some group of doctors have finally said it’s true it’s “world breaking”. We should feel so privileged that they have rescued us from our apparent ignorance.

   Every few weeks or so my answer to world breaking news is…”well duhh!!!”

4. 
   Lisa Barrett

   March 24, 2009 at 10:55 pm | Permalink

   but women and their crappy midwives could never have worked out on their own that eating and drinking in labour was common sense.

   Thank god them the randomised controlled trial, what would we do without them.

5. 
   mommymichael

   March 24, 2009 at 11:07 pm | Permalink

   as if i needed their okay to do it.

6. 
   Sazz

   March 25, 2009 at 2:07 pm | Permalink

   I need some randomised control trials about whether I should go to the toilet when I feel like I need to…who’s in?
   

7. 
   (Un?)touchable

   March 26, 2009 at 11:15 am | Permalink

   Quote from the article: “Moreover, some doctors have long argued that fasting while in labour – which can last many, many hours – may be bad for the mother and the baby.”

   I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry at this statement. Only “some” doctors have argued that fasting “may” be bad? But anyway, they’ve said it’s OK now so lucky us.

8. 
   Gloria Lemay

   March 26, 2009 at 3:07 pm | Permalink

   I want to see some research on whether or not midwives should eat at births. Seems to me the job can lead to a lot of big fat bums.

9. 
   Amy HBACer

   March 29, 2009 at 2:24 pm | Permalink

   So if 10-15% of women (maximum) have caesars, and most of those would be having local anaesthetics, how many women are actually at risk of aspiration???

   I’m going to the snow, don’t want frost bite. Can you amputate my fingers, please?

   Besides, if it is really an emergency then they don’t care if you’ve fasted for your proper times… you go for surgery anyway.

10. 
    Rose

    March 29, 2009 at 8:35 pm | Permalink

    Hahaha Gloria…… So true! After a three day marathon birth recently my body has had enough chocolate, toast any other form of sugary carbs!!!!

11. 
    Lisa Barrett

    March 29, 2009 at 8:41 pm | Permalink

    Rubbish, you can never have too many slices of toast at a birth.
    Some of us have attended another birth since and is awaiting a niggling woman.
    One day I’m going to start my exercise programme

12. 
    Anonymous

    March 30, 2009 at 5:49 pm | Permalink

    Yet again, knOBs manage to make birth sound like an extreme sport. Dangerous. *rolls eyes*

    Michelle

13. 
    Mrs Farley

    April 6, 2009 at 6:44 pm | Permalink

    phew, i am glad a doctor said it was ok!!! i am 6 months but think i will go early, so i was about to start weaning myself off solids in case i went premmie. thanks for posting lisa, now where is the fridge??????

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