Episode 233 - Updates on Eating during Labor
Evidence Based Birth® · Rebecca Dekker
July 27, 202233m 44s
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Show Notes
Today, we are going to explore brand new updates to the Evidence Based Birth® Signature Article, Evidence on: Eating during Labor! We talk about four major topics:
- Nutritional needs during labor
- New info on gestational or pre-gestational diabetes and eating during labor
- New research on anesthesiology and its relationship to eating and drinking during labor, and
- Finally, how body mass index and fatphobia relate to anesthesia concerns, and what that has to do with eating during labor. Content Warning: pregnancy-related death, anesthesia-related death, fatphobia and anesthesia, microaggressions related to health care workers' reaction to ethnic foods Resources:
- Refer to previous podcast episode: EBB 198 - Evidence on Eating & Drinking (linked on blog post below)
- Check out our Signature Article… Evidence on: Eating and Drinking during Labor at
- Check out our Signature Article... Evidence on: IV Fluids on Labor
- Check out our Signature Article... Evidence on: Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes
- Fat Phobia and It's Racist Past and Present: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/893006538
- For a full list of scientific references, see the blog post that goes along with this episode