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I didn't and I was so grateful! Throwing up is the worst!
I ate some yogurt, fruit, and walnuts before getting to the hospital. I was also allowed to have liquids throughout my labor (juice, broth, water, etc.)
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I threw up right after they broke my water. I threw up with such force that I started bleeding and baby's heart rate dropped. I had pushed her way down and they think it ended in a partial placental abruption. Also, the cord was around LO's neck so it might have yanked a little tight at that time lowering her HR. Yay puking!!
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I kept feeling it come up because I was pushing so hard!
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I didn't and never felt like I was going to. I ate quite a bit during early labor because I expected it to last a really long time.
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Yep, on DH
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Nope! I ate a pretty big meal in early labor, and even with pitocin (no epidural though) I never felt sick to my stomach.
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I should add that I ate half a digiorno pizza right before my water broke, and delivered 4 hours later - it didn't come back up!
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@tororojo: i've been hospitalized for kidney stones a few times, and i throw up every single time. i guess i can count on throwing up during labor too!
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I worried a lot about this but I never threw up during pregnancy or while I was in labor. I ate a meal while I was in the early stages of labor but sonehow the food stayed down!
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i didn't eat anything after midnight, had my c-sec at 6pm and i still threw up!
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I did 5 times during my first labour (that was about 6 hours long), but with the second (that was about 1.5 hours total from beginning to baby), I did not!
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No. I kept saying I was going to bit never did. DH on the other hand....lol he puked quite a bit
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I threw up a couple of times before I got my epidural (I think - it's all a little hazy). I was already not allowed to eat.
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I had a VERY sick pregnancy and was sure I'd throw up in labor, but I didn't even come close. I also ate about 5 hours before delivery. I got an epi for my last 1.5 hours of labor and did get the shakes from that though.
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I threw up three times, mostly Popsicles and bile. Each time signaled a significant change in labor.
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@tororojo: and @ladyfingers
As awful as this sounds, kidney stones do prep you a bit for being in labour. I threw up with all of my kidney stones and I did with labour too. Difference: with the kidney stones I NEED pain meds, and I made it through birth without meds.PS. For the food question. I ate at 12:00, threw up at 4:30pm and gave birth at 8:30pm. And then I wasn't hungry til the wee hours of the morning.
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@cvbee: That's good to know! I've heard people say that the experience is good prep for labor but most people who have told me that don't have experience with both. I know that I hate morphine, hydrocodone and phenergen from my kidney experience--if labor pain gets too bad, I want an epidural, not IV meds!
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Yep! Twice. When I switched from prodromal labor to active labor & when I hit transition.
I welcome throwing up in labor though b/c I know it's good for helping dilation..... so puke away! lol
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@runsyellowlites: Really? That's good to know, I'll keep telling myself that!
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@luckypenny: oh know!!! that would have made me upset I think
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@Coco Bee: lol it's okay! It was out of nerves. We lost DDs heartbeat twice and nurses came in, I was hysterical, everyone was yelling, etc... he went into hall bathroom and cried hysterically and threw up he was so nervous to loose both of us awwww
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@luckypenny: awwwww that is soooo sad!!!
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This is fascinating. I was so sick my first trimester and I had ms in my third trimester, but I was not nauseous during labor. I didn't know people threw up in labor.
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@cvbee: @tororojo:
This is an old thread sorry for bumping!
I had kidney stones twice while I was pregnant, had to have pain meds both times. I dry heaved the second time (kidney stones in my opinion were worse than actual labor). I did not get sick during labor, I was induced, and had eaten breakfast. -
@StbHisMrs: Love that you are bringing this back. Kidney stone mamas unite. I had back labour, so pain was a pretty close call between the two but I definitely threw up more times and worse with the stones (you know, when you are throwing up for the millionth time and it's just stomach acid or whatever that green stuff is? yeah, for giving birth it was just a normal 1 or 2 throw ups and over with).
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@StbHisMrs: @cvbee: That's such a relief! I was so scared to eat w/a kidney stone because everything came back up and I went through a million vomit bags. Maybe I'll get lucky and not puke so much during labor.
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Nope, at my intake the nurse told me, to ask for Zofran ASAP, bc I would probably need it. So, I did and was so glad I did, bc even with the Zofran I got pretty nauseous a couple of times!
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I did near constantly. I still think it's stupid not to eat - it didn't make a difference whether or not I had, and I needed all the energy I could muster. I tried to choke down some soda even while I was vomiting just to not have too low bloodsugar.
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I'm scared of Zofran...it works well for my nausea but I think pooping will be scary enough after delivery without added constipation! I guess it's better than puking nonstop.
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I didn't but got extremely nauseous they gave me zofran
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