| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must be 18 years or older as well as willing and able to provide informed
consent
- Patients with BMI < 35 kg/m^2
- Gestational age >37 weeks
Exclusion Criteria:
- - Patients younger than 18 years,
- Patients unable or unwilling to provide informed consent,
- Patients who are illiterate,
- Patients who are non-English speaking or reading,
- Patients who are University Hospital employees,
- Patients undergoing induction of labor for maternal or fetal indications other than
elective induction after 39 weeks or induction for post-term pregnancy
- Multi-fetal gestations (>1 intrauterine pregnancy),
- Patients with a history of GI disorders such as hyperemesis gravidarum, inflammatory
bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome
- Patients with an increased risk of aspiration such as BMI >35 kg/m^2, severe GERD,
gastroesophageal motility disorders,
- Patients with acute or chronic platelet dysfunction (e.g.: idiopathic thrombocytopenic
purpura, HELLP syndrome) which may necessitate need for general anesthetic for
Cesarean delivery
- Patients with history of peptic ulcer disease,
- Patients who have a contraindication to epidural placement and would require general
anesthestetic in event of Cesarean delivery
- Patients with suspected or proven placenta accreta, increta or percreta,
- Patients with excessive nausea or vomiting during labor
- Patients with a history of food allergies or allergies to specific components found in
the energy gel.
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