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Re: Why all the fluid during labor?

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:19:48 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 25 Feb 2000, AMD wrote: >
>This question has come up on some other BB's I use, so I thought I'd
>pose it here.
>
>It seems that almost everyone got multiple bags of IV solution during
>their labor and delivery, even if they were not dehydrated. I was
>definitely not dehydrated and swollen like a blimp, but I got 3L of IV
>fluid during the 4 hours I was in L&D at the hospital. They drained
>1800cc from my bladder the next morning!! I was swollen for days.
>
>What's the benefit of this fluid overload?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Andrea

3 liters in 4 hours is excessive -- unless you had an epidural, in which case, in order to aavoid low blood pressure, 1 liter is given fairly rapidly prior to getting the epidural. The usual iv rate in labor (and most other times ) is 1 liter over about 6 - 8 hours.

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG S. Lake Tahoe, CA

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