No eating or drinking night before

bingbongsmama · April 2014

Are you allowed to have sips of water? I wake up with a dry throat throughout the night and drink about 1/2 cup water total.
Is it strictly no fluids including water?

MamaAllison · April 2014

I would think you'd be okay. I had a c-section (planned because breech but I went into labor naturally), and I had eaten dinner about 6 hours before and had water through the night like you mentioned, and I was fine. I think ideal is your stomach is empty, so maybe just try to limit the amount. The flip
side is if you are dehydrated it can be a real bitch to get an IV in and they HAVE to do that before your section.

iqwedding3 · April 2014

Are you sure about those instructions? Mine said no eating, but there were limited things I could drink up until 2 hours before the Csection, and water was definitely on the list.

Troy27 · April 2014

I'm curious about this too. I always wake up thirsty. Not taking at least a sip of water will be hard for me!

My first csection was not planned though... went in for monitoring and they told me I was going to be having my twins that day (via csection). So, I DID eat/drink, but they waited about 5-6 hours before doing the csection. It wasn't a complete emergency which is why they waited.

MrsH2007 · April 2014

I was told no eating or drinking anything after 11, even water. That said, when I checked in at the hospital they did give me ice chips to chew on. They said it wasn't considered drinking.

slwprincess · April 2014

No eating/drinking for 8 hrs prior. But I woke up with a head cold and called my Ob. She approved me to take sudafed and drink a full bottle of water at 6 hrs prior.

Alinunya · April 2014

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harmonicbabe26 · April 2014

Mine was planned for a MOnday but we still had an unexpected twist. On Sunday morning as we were chowing down a bacon and pancake breakfast my doc called and said he had had an accident and he himself just came out of surgery. They didn't know a replacement for him yet, so if I wanted to make sure not to miss my spot, I could come in that Sunday afternoon and they would deliver then (i guess they did have a stand in for Sunday). Needless to say I didn't skip any meals the night before OR on the morning of. And i was totally fine. We got the call around 9am and my cs was at 2:30pm.

Ardmhs83 · May 2014

I think you will be fine. I had my son at 38+1, unplanned. I had eaten breakfast, lunch and drank tons of water all day. He was delivered at 10:22pm. They gave me a nasty "shot" of medicine to help prevent me from getting sick. It worked.

Acsim · May 2014

I was told I couldn't eat 8 hours before, clear liquids only until 4 hours before.

mooncusp22 · August 2014

I had a scheduled c-section at 1:30pm. I couldn't eat or drink anything from midnight on. After the surgery I was dying of thirst, they gave me ice chips & said munch slowly. I let them melt because I wanted water so bad. I wound up throwing up. I think at like 3am I was finally allowed an ice pop & it was the most amazing thing ever

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