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Childbirth

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Snacks for post- birth. What were you desperate for?

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soppypreggyloon · 19/04/2011 20:53

Elcs is Friday. I cant eat from midnight thurs and no drinks from 6am. I don't know when on fri my elcs will be so may have a long wait without food.

What goodies shall I pack for when I'm allowed to eat?
The scabby plastic cold white toast was no where near enough after ds!

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ElsieR · 19/04/2011 21:00

Taste the difference Sainsburys cookies. An addiction for life!

NumptyMum · 19/04/2011 21:12

Actually I really, really wanted the 'traditional' tea and toast, only to learn when having DC2 that toast was no longer allowed due to health and safety so a midwife can deliver a baby, but not make toast.

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soppypreggyloon · 20/04/2011 08:00

Just me obsessed with food then?

It was jelly babies last time. Thunk it had something to do with having such a dry mouth after the g&a and nit being allowed to eat or drink after the epidural/ spinal/ emcs!

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nunnie · 20/04/2011 08:04

I would have eaten a scabby horse to be honest after my EMCS as it was over 24 hours since eating my last meal when they gave me the all clear to eat again.

SomethingSuper · 20/04/2011 08:13

After an almost 3 day induction and labour, I was starving and would have loved a big load of cheese sandwiches. Instead I got 2 rounds of cold toast and jam. I now cannot eat toast with jam, the thought of it turns my stomach. Take loads of sandwhiches and non-fizzy drinks.

chimchar · 20/04/2011 08:18

i had pate on toast and a big wedge of choccie cake, all provided my my lovely mum.

good luck for fri!

Francagoestohollywood · 20/04/2011 08:23

Ds was born in Italy in the summer, and for dinner I had parma ham with melon. I had craved parma ham for 9 months.

theborrower · 20/04/2011 21:08

Before I had my DD, my mum kept going on about the tea and toast you get afterwards as being the best thing ever. I don't remember getting any :( I had an EMCS - DD was only found to be breech after I turned up at hospital in labour - so I had my labour bag filled with cereal bars, chocolate, apple juice etc that I thought I would eat in labour, not during the stay afterwards! Glad I had it though - I did love the apple juice, and the ward was feckin' roasting so it went down a treat. The chocolate was good too :)

Parietal · 20/04/2011 21:17

Since DD was born a few weeks ago I've lived on toast&pate and ambrosia rice pudding. Though I didn't take either into hospital.

cardamomginger · 20/04/2011 23:50

had chicken liver pate. would have killed for sushi. or a very rare steak. mmmmm.....

Morebounceperounce · 21/04/2011 10:38

Kitkats. Luckily had a multipack and caned them overnight (9pm birth) with lots of super hot sugery tea, watching DH and DD sleep. While I know Nestle are bad, for that night, Kitkats were the only thing that would do.

Whatevs · 21/04/2011 10:43

I was absolutely Hank Marvin after both my sections. I wanted tea and toast.
I also appreciated good quality chocolate-coated biscuits (mmm), and sent my DH out for nice sarnies, posh crisps and a good cup of tea from a local cafe, not the crap brew they serve in hospitals.

GnomeDePlume · 21/04/2011 10:46

DH brought in a really delicious pate sandwich for me as the hospital food was diabolical. That was more than 10 years ago and I still remember it!

TribbleWithoutAnEasterEgg · 21/04/2011 10:59

I just wanted a hot cup of tea and toast with real butter.

LaWeasel · 21/04/2011 11:03

Right afterwards - nothing.

A bit later, fruit and stodgey meals and puddings.

Chynah · 21/04/2011 14:36

Fruit&Nut almost exclusively for the next two days!!

dexifehatz · 21/04/2011 14:55

Brie,brie and even more brie!!!

peanutbutterontoast · 21/04/2011 15:53

sushi

WidowWadman · 22/04/2011 07:18

"that toast was no longer allowed due to health and safety hmm so a midwife can deliver a baby, but not make toast."

Strange - last time I've been admitted to hospital a midwife made me toast, because I hadn't eaten all morning and that was only a few weeks ago.

Hopefully · 24/04/2011 09:51

MW assured me that it would take hours for my appetite to return after ELCS, and was even more adamant after I had lots of low blood pressure medication during the op. I think it was about 20 mins before I was begging for food, and lovely MW raided the kitchen for a pack of sarnies, biscuits and fruit, which was lovely.

After that, I basically lived on dried fruit for two days, due to fear of painful poo! (3rd degree tear with first delivery - apparently birth and fear of pooing are inextricably linked in my mind!).

MollysChambers · 24/04/2011 09:54

Snickers bars. Never eat them normally.

heather1980 · 24/04/2011 10:04

coke, all i wanted after ds2 was a really cold fizzy coke and it took 3 days of hints before i got one!

HipHopOpotomus · 24/04/2011 20:02

I'm going shopping this week for forbidden cheese, pate and some posh crackers to have to hand for my post birth munch. Will have grApes too!

Iggly · 24/04/2011 20:04

Anything! I ended up in hospital and the nurses could only rustle up toast and cornflakes after I begged (had DS at home, came in immediately after started PPH)

RhinestoneCowgirl · 24/04/2011 20:07

I'm ashamed to say that I sent my poor mother (who had been up all night) out for pizza when DS was born. Generally tho, I think just vast quantities of nice things as I was starving both times.

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