I tend to avoid giving moms cold things to drink or eat after a bleed,
preferring to change room temperature or to offer warmed foods and
beverages. She has lost much heat as well as blood, and warmed liquids are
digested far more rapidly and easily than our culturally preferred ice cold
drinks. Ask what she'd prefer to have at this time, because she may have a
specific craving for more salt or a more sweet-tasting fluid replacement.
-Lisa Goldstein, Midwifery Today Issue 48
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 2 Issue 8 February 25, 2000)
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