Did anything taste as good, in your whole life, as the toast they gave you in the labour suite?

[snigger]

I say this because last night, out on a jaunt, we got to our hotel at 2.30am after a night-bus journey forced on us by sheer lack of taxis.

The night manager, after laughing at us and our inability to find a clean, open take-out, made us toast.

Damn it was good - but still by shades less good than that post-birth toast and tea.

No idea, was too busy trying not to throw up, so DH hoovered it up

Oh you're right. And boy didn't we deserve it!

No idea DP at mine....both times!

DH ate all mine I had to ask for some more!

Was not given any

I got tea and toast with ds1. I dont remember the toast.. but the tea was wonderful.

I remember laughing cos it was a silver teaset (presumably not real silver ) on a tray with a white embroidered cloth on it .. very posh

I never got tea or toast with ds2 .. never realised till days later.

oh god i remember that toast was amazing plus hot sweet tea that i never drink. that sense of having survived it all and some sort of new normality (with addition!)

I never had any either...but the midwife (who was fab) made me some at the start of labour and it really helped me through dd2's birth. I wolfed it down.

DH ate mine, both times.
I couldn't stomach food at all.
I think with DS1 I didn't eat for about 4 days (what with labour and then post labour nausea).
I have made up for it since though.

"DP ate it" -

OMG - DH knew I'd be wearing his manbits as earrings if he breathed on it.

I DID NOT GET ANY

I got untoasted bread for breakfast hours later

Oh, I got loads of cups of tea throughout labour and I am a coffee drinker normally

4 catheters later........

best tea and toast i've ever had

i have had lots of tea and toast on labour ward when working and it does never ,ever taste as good, no matter how tired i am.

it is definitely some post birth tastebud hormone thingie!!

Why did it taste soooo good

None is worse than DP ate it.

Midwife felt kindly towards DH (he hammed up his level of sacrifice in having to postpone his sandwich run because I was, er, pushing) and made him some too. I ate it.

OH my! Do they drug it? I was actually looking forward to it during my 2nd labour With my little tubs of jam I got up so fast to get at it I was swaying... Heaven just isn't the word. [dribble]

I remember it being fantastic too.

When I had DS the midwife I had was so lovely she made a plate of toast for DP too.

OMG, the best ever. And the tea! Like nectar.

I think maybe they do drug it

I remember lying there, ignoring the indignity of the very wonderful lady washing me from the waist down, thinking "Stop talking to me, this toast is great".

It was undoubtedly Flora on there, but it tasted like newly milked Jersey-heaven on a knife.

Didn't get any. In fact, they didn't actually give me any food in my entire stay (6 days). Serves me right for having a medically restricted diet in a hospital eh ?

My doula made me some tea, but I chucked it all back up again

I just told DH about this thread, and, 9 years later, he's confessed after I ate his toast and mine, he told on me to his 'pet' midwife, and she smuggled him some more!

Confession is good for the soul, I guess, or maybe he's heard of the MN jury

I didn't get any either and I was STARVING.

I think that was very bad form of your hospital - I've never experienced anything like post-labour hunger.

The ward I went to with DD1 pre-ordered the next days lunch for me - pineapple & cottage cheese salad, anyone? I called DH and begged for food, he assumed I was being greedy and brought me a fruit basket .

I could have eaten a cow, raw.

you are so right - especially after 9 months of HG