Eating and Drinking In Labor - It’s fine!
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Medical recommendations surrounding eating and drinking in labor are evolving, but not quite where they should be.
In this episode learn the rationale for restricting eating and drinking in labor, why it's outdated, what our current guidelines are, and my evidence based recommendations for eating and drinking in labor.
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| 0:00.0 | In this short episode, you are going to learn the truth about eating and drinking in labor. |
| 0:11.8 | Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. |
| 0:15.5 | If you're having a baby in the hospital, you are giving birth in a system that too often takes away power from women over |
| 0:21.6 | what happens in their own bodies. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway-Rankens, a practicing board certified |
| 0:27.2 | OBGYN, who's had the privilege of helping well over a thousand babies into this world. |
| 0:32.2 | I've been a doctor for over 20 years, and I'm here to help you take back your power, |
| 0:37.1 | advocate for yourself, and have the |
| 0:38.9 | beautiful pregnancy and birth that you deserve. This podcast is for educational purposes only and it's |
| 0:44.4 | not a substitute for medical advice. Check out the full disclaimer at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com |
| 0:49.1 | forward slash disclaimer. Now let's get to it. |
| 0:54.6 | Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast, whether this is your first time listening or you have been here before. I am so grateful that you are spending some time with me today. In this short episode, you're going to learn about eating and drinking in labor. |
| 1:11.8 | First, I'll start with a bit of background information surrounding eating and drinking |
| 1:17.3 | and labor and why hospitals approach it and doctors too approach it the way that they do. |
| 1:23.3 | I'll talk about where we are now as our thoughts on it are evolving a bit. And then I'll |
| 1:29.8 | end with some guidelines and my personal thoughts on eating and drinking during labor. |
| 1:35.4 | Before we get into the episode, I do want to do a quick listener shout out. This is from |
| 1:39.4 | DO 472-9-572727. And they left this review in Apple Podcasts. The title of the review says, |
| 1:47.8 | if you are pregnant, choose this podcast. And the review says, this is a fantastic podcast for |
| 1:53.7 | learning about pregnancy and birth, both a medical and educational perspective, plus great birth |
| 1:59.6 | stories with Dr. Nicole's takeaways, highly recommend. |
| 2:03.1 | Well, thank you for leaving me that kind review. And for everyone who's listening, I would appreciate it |
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