{"id":4858,"date":"2019-03-01T10:05:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T10:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pregnanteve.com\/?p=4858"},"modified":"2020-12-28T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T06:00:07","slug":"fast-before-cesarean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pregnanteve.com\/fast-before-cesarean\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do You Fast Before Cesarean? [Fasting Before C-Section Facts]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Precap<\/strong>
Pregnant women need to fast before an elective C-section for 7-8 hours to enable the abdomen incision. Not having a full stomach prevents vomiting reflex and also makes it easier to operate. You can imagine the gut popping up from the side. Water doesn’t stay in the stomach but fasting prior to Cesarean section relaxes the excretory system.<\/div><\/div>

A C-section is an abdominal surgery that required an empty gut. The night before elective C-section instructions includes fasting. When there are 8 hours before c-section you can’t eat anything. Before that a meal preferably light is permissible.<\/p>

Performing an emergency C-section requires considering when you ate last. In a certain high-risk pregnancy, cesarean fasting before c-section includes water. Fasting before a c-section is real and compulsory.<\/p>

No matter you didn’t ever diet or try intermittent fasting, now you’ve to. If your doctor has suggested that you may need a cesarean considering your health parameters, eat bare minimum.<\/p>

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Why do you fast before Cesarean?<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Why do you have to fast before the C-section?<\/h2>

The main reason for fasting before a c-section is to make it easier for operating. Reducing the pressure on the uterus keeping the gut back.<\/p>

After you eat the blood flow moves to the digestive tract and other processes slow down. There is a constant involuntary movement in the gut called peristalsis. For pushing the food ahead in the abdomen into the intestines, peristalsis keeps going on.<\/p>

Only fasting for an extended period can stop the movement and render the tract passive. That’s essential for a successful operation of the uterus, lying next to it.<\/p>