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Weird. I'm not sure I'd want to eat during labor. I know I wasn't hungry.

I ate chocolate and drank a lot of water juice and gatorade

I had pizza in early labor, but I ended up throwing up later (which actually made me feel good at the time). I also had cranberry juice but I really only wanted water during most of the labor.

My most recent labor went so fast (6 hrs from start to finish) that I didn't have time to eat that much. But I did have lots of water and coconut water whenever I could. If you drink a lot though, be sure to pee in between contractions to keep your bladder empty. You're more likely to progress with an empty bladder.

My doula fixed me up an english muffin with melted cheese and some orange slices,seemed to do the job and gave me a little more energy. Also in the earlier stages I ate some pasta and cheeze it party mix

I packed a huge bag of food for labor- crackers, yogurt, trail mix, gatorade, etc. And didn't eat any of it until the next day.

I didn't really want to eat at all the day I went into labor, but I made myself eat a few things on the way to the hospital, figuring I didn't know when I would get the chance again. I threw it all up around 8cm- the nurses said that happens a lot during transition. I ended up having a very fast labor, water broke at 2:15pm, he was out by 9:50pm- so I never had the chance to really get hungry.

The gatorade and peanut butter and cheese crackers ended up being my favorite things to eat in between meals- I was starving/thirsty all the time after labor.

Fruit salad sounds awesome, I didn't even think of that. I also think a large part of why I didn't want to eat was that I was worried about the food coming up again.