Calories Burned during Labor/Childbirth

ashtonsuzanne

According to Dr. Google it's approx. 50,000 calories burned during labor/childbirth. That seems astonishingly HIGH but what do I know.... Of course it depends on a million different things, like fitness of the mother, duration & intensity of labor, etc etc but just curious if any of you ladies have heard anything more about this. 

 

Mike&Care

There is no way I burned nearly that many calories yesterday, but my labor started around 9am and ended a little over an hour later.

NoodleM

I guess it depends on how long, how hard you push, etc. That seems insanely high! That's what I would picture for like a 24 hour labour with 3 hours of pushing haha.

uncharch7

that does seem high, but i guess when you think about it, all of the work your body is doing with contractions, moving the baby, etc... there is a lot burned.

i wonder if my doctor would accept something from dr. google as a reason to allow me to eat during labor