Clear liquid diet.

Why did no one tells me about this? I just got induced this morning and no I'm stuck eating an drinking apple juice, jello, ginger ale, broth and water..... My husband and aunt are ove here eating dairy queen 😭

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That's whack, my team let me eat and snack when I was induced ,😭 I ate the afternoon to night before he was born with my induction, he came the next afternoon. I wasn't hungry at that point though 😓 were you planning to get an epidural?? I wonder if that's it? I did unmedicated beyond the hormone drip.

The husband and aunt would be kicked out I’m not smelling that 😂

I'm guessing you're on pitocin or have an epidural? Especially with the epidural they want a liquid diet because your blood pressure can unexpectedly drop and then you throw up... ask me how I know 🤣

Also make them go in the hallway or lobby to eat. That's just rude.

Sorry no one gave you the heads up. My nurse was kind enough to tell me to order food and eat before I started the Pitocine.

Epidural leads to clear liquid diet.

No one told me I was NPO (nothing by mouth) after midnight after my delivery (I got the epidural and hadn't eaten since breakfast). I had my husband grab me food at 1 am and then the nurse came in at 2 to inform me I wasn't supposed to eat until after getting my tubes tied... whoops

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