Things I Probably Shouldn't Worry About Yet

[ricevermicelli]

So I think it was yesterday or something that Schrodinger decided food was good, and I've been liking that a lot. Good Schrodinger. Nice Schrodinger. And thank you to the housemate who appears to have hit the fall clearance sale at the Cracker Barrel Factory Outlet just in time for me to become unreasonably obsessed with cheddar cheese.

Now that I'm back on food, I don't particularly want to quit. My OB tells me that, once I check in to the hospital (which - counts - will probably be sometime in the vicinity of 23 weeks from now), I'm only allowed clear liquids until the baby is out. I have no idea how long labor will be. I know that I suck when I'm hungry. I like the OB I see, although the selection process was kind of non-existent (convenient to red line, check; takes my insurance, check; not stupid with scheduling, check). But this food thing...

How kosher is it to stay out of the hospital until contractions are like two minutes apart, so that I can keep snacking?

Comments

[drwex]

Your body will tell you how much food it wants. Every birth coach and midwife I've talked to has advocated delaying going to the hospital for just this kind of reason (well, there are some others, but they're even more icky and annoying).

THAT said, all the food you eat? Gotta go somewhere. And, um, not so much on the normal digestion during labor. Really. Fine print, side effects, etc. Women tend to do a whole lot better sucking on ice chips, based on what I've seen. YMMV, of course.