Electrolyte Balancing Drinks

Back in March I posted a recipe for Cortade, a homemade electrolyte drink that I make and drink on hot days, after exercise or when I’m feeling dehydrated.

Nausea and puking in labor can often be helped with an electrolyte drink. No mom should ever labor without some sort of balancing drink nearby – labor is hard work and it takes a lot out of a mom. The below DIY recipes are from Anne Frye. These drinks can be drunk throughout labor or given to a mom to help balance her electrolytes and dehydration.

1t miso paste
1t lemon juice
1t salt
1t calcium (powder)
2c water

1t salt
1t baking soda
4t honey
lemon or lime juice to tatse
1 quart water

1/3c lemon juice
1/4t salt
1/3c honey
1T liquid calcium/magnesium
1 quart water

This entry was written by Courtney, posted on September 8, 2009 at 9:37 pm, filed under Childbirth and Labor, Nutrition, Recipes and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

2 Comments

  1. miranda
    Posted September 12, 2009 at 4:57 am | Permalink

    great stuff..You should consider networking with the moms in the bizymoms McAllen community.

  2. tj
    Posted September 19, 2009 at 7:32 pm | Permalink

    i used something similiar with my last baby and now i always use these drinks during the summer.
    gatorade is full of crap ingredients.

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