Re: epidural and food
From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net)
Wed Sep 13 19:58:27 2006
If in active labor I avoid ingestion of any kind - some ice chips-
aspiration is a nasty thing
Ef
>At Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Andrew Folley wrote:
>
>All of a sudden our anesthesiologists are becoming very strict about not
>providing and epidural to our laboring patients if they have eaten any solid
>foods in the preceding 8 hours. Their argument is fear of a high epidural
>and aspiration etc. Is this a common practice across the country???
>Are most or our OB-gyns and midwives keeping patients on clear liquids only
>in labor??
>
>>From: "Jane Peterson" <ApricotRex@comcast.net>
>>Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>Subject: RE: Second stage
>>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:18:18 -0500
>>
>>I seldom see the 2 hour or even 100 minute second stage that is
>>supposedly average. But I'm counting from spontaneous pushing, so maybe
>>that's the difference.
>>
>>Jane
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Efrain
>>Ramirez
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:10 PM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>Subject: Second stage
>>
>>My "second stages" in primgravids are becoming "shorter -- FD - is not
>>the begining of the second stage - does anyone agree?
>>
>>Ef
>>
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>>" The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance,
>>it is the illusion of knowledge." Daniel J. Boorstin - Historian
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