AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Anne Shea-Lewis, lead author of “An Investigation into the Safety of Oral Intake During Labor.”

AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with author Anne Shea-Lewis about her study, in which she and her colleagues compared the maternal and neonatal outcomes among laboring women permitted ad lib oral intake with those permitted nothing by mouth except for ice chips. The findings support relaxing the restrictions on oral intake in cases of uncomplicated labor.