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Re: epidural and food From: S. H. (lastfrontiermidwife@yahoo.com) Mon Sep 18 21:31:59 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO: "Re: SUI postpartum" Previous message: S. H.: "Re: OB: GBS and advanced dilatation" In reply to: ginny lee, CNM: "Re: epidural and food" Next in thread: Lynn Montgomery, MD: "Re: epidural and food" When I have transported women in labor to hosp from an intended out of hosp birth, the anesthesiologists will frown at the idea my ladies have eaten in the last few hours, but they still do the epidurals. Sherri Holley LM CPM "ginny lee, CNM" <kaupilimakoa@hotmail.com> wrote: I find it hard to believe that digestion stops in an unmedicated (i.e. not had narcotics) women in labor. For the 11 hours it took me to complete Ironman Florida I know my digestion didn't stop, and it was a heck of a lot harder than labor :) I didn't eat many solids though (didn't really want them---and neither do most women in active labor) just my $0.02 >Nonsense. I thought digestion stopped with onset labor. Maybe an ole >tale. Joe C > >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" >>> Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net >>> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L >>> 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 >>> >>> -- >>> " The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance, >>> it is the illusion of knowledge." Daniel J. Boorstin - Historian >>> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search: Try it now! >> _________________________________________________________________ >> _________________________________________________________________ >> http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=weather&FORM=WLMTAG >> Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. Next message: Elrod, Darryl G Maj 48 MDOS/SGOBO: "Re: SUI postpartum" Previous message: S. H.: "Re: OB: GBS and advanced dilatation" In reply to: ginny lee, CNM: "Re: epidural and food" Next in thread: Lynn Montgomery, MD: "Re: epidural and food"

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