what do you eat/ drink in labor?

[Frangipani Lou]

Some great ideas folks. Keep em coming!

[Miss_Dee]

I didn't eat anything and only had some water to drink because my labour happened so quickly, but I packed lollies (snakes, raspberries and life savers), biscuits (milk arrowroot and scotch fingers), mints and some chocolate. We planned to take power aid powder but forgot.

[luna moth]

Corn flakes, dry, and one at a time. And two blueberries.

[RainbowRiver]

Ice cold water through a straw and ice chips!

[AngelPants]

i had rice bubbles and lost them 2 minutes late... other than that ice chips. snacks would have been fantastic after tho.

[Artechim]

Another that just sipped on water. I was hungry at the start with DS who was a day labour and they wouldn't let me eat because I had insulin controlled GD. But once things get going I don't even think about eating. I threw up water just after he was born and the midwife kept saying "oh, that is just water. You could bottle that up and drink it again..."

[OceanPrincess]

Ew Arte!!

Just water here too. #2 and 3 were too quick, #1 I ate at home but it all came up in my "labour's-ramping-up-now" vomit!

[raffy]

Both my labours started out of no where and were over within 2 hours so I didn't have time to eat and because it was all so fast I was practically pushing the whole time so water, water, water and lots of it. Lots of breathing and pushing resulted in a dry mouth and it drove me crazy so I made sure I had a couple of water bottles in the hospital bag the second time around and I was more aware of what to expect and it paid off coz I drank them both

[AndiE]

Just water for me also, as I was a chucker too.
I made the baaad mistake during DS2's labour to have a juice of some description - it was heave ho approx 30 seconds after it hit my stomach. Ick.