I thought the reason for not eating while in labour was this:
Doctors the world over have long discouraged women in labour from eating, for fear that it could lead to breathing food into the lungs in the case of an emergency caesarean while under general anaesthetic.
Of course if you're in labour they assume you will need a c-sections and treat you like a pre-op patient, so no eating. The article link is actually about how it's OK to eat during labour.
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Date: 2009-03-29 03:34 am (UTC)Doctors the world over have long discouraged women in labour from eating, for fear that it could lead to breathing food into the lungs in the case of an emergency caesarean while under general anaesthetic.
(Source:
http://www.unnecesarean.com/blog/2009/3/24/eating-during-childbirth-yes-you-can-says-bmj.html )
Of course if you're in labour they assume you will need a c-sections and treat you like a pre-op patient, so no eating. The article link is actually about how it's OK to eat during labour.