Ludka L M, Roberts C C
Boston University School of Nursing.
J Nurse Midwifery. 1993 Jul-Aug;38(4):199-207. doi: 10.1016/0091-2182(93)90003-y.
This literature review questions the routine practice of denying food and fluids to women in labor. Fasting in labor, an established practice throughout the United States since the 1940s, is now under careful scrutiny. Many clinical practices, especially those that offer midwifery services, are currently instituting policies to allow and encourage eating and drinking in normal labor. To date, there have been no reported rises in maternal mortality with this policy change; neither have there been any reports of detrimental outcomes for mother or infant.
这篇文献综述对分娩时不给产妇提供食物和液体的常规做法提出了质疑。自20世纪40年代以来，分娩时禁食在美国一直是既定做法，如今正受到仔细审查。许多临床实践，尤其是那些提供助产服务的实践，目前正在制定政策，允许并鼓励正常分娩时进食和饮水。迄今为止，没有报告称这一政策变化导致孕产妇死亡率上升；也没有关于对母亲或婴儿产生有害后果的报告。
