Hi, Mighty Ones. Adriana here. It's been nearly two years since I first spoke with Rebecca Decker from evidence-based birth about eating and drinking during labor and the importance of evidence-based information and practices.

Recently, Rebecca and her team updated their article on the evidence of eating

and drinking during labor, and not surprisingly, not only does the previous evidence still hold,

but there is further data to support it. This is great news for laboring people, but you'll have

to listen to know why. Rebecca is super busy at the moment, so we decided that instead of recording

a whole new episode, I'd rebroadcast our previous conversation, and then at the end,

I'm going to come in to tell you a bit more about the update and where you can download a PDF

to share with your care provider. All right, here we go.

Thank you. All right, here we go. Welcome to the birthful podcast. I'm Adriana Lozada, and today I'm going to be talking to Rebecca Decker about evidence-based labor practices and specifically about eating and drinking during labor.

It turns out that many hospital labor practices are not based on evidence and can, in fact, be detrimental to the process.

How can you know what's what?

Rebecca has the answer. Stay tuned.

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