IRCT201105155805N2 IRCT 2011-05-31 Medical Sciences Vice Chancellor for Reasearch, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Oral carbohydrate intake on labor progress A Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Effect of Oral Carbohydrate Intake or Fasting in Low-risk Women during Labor Progress 2008-03-04 anticipated 187 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/6292 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment. 2 Delivery. Intervention 1: The women were randomly assigned to two groups. Women generally were unaware of each other groups. Women in the carbohydrate group were advised to consume three medium dates with 110 ml water; or three dates with 110 ml light tea without sugar; or 110 ml orange juice drink based on their preferences. The protocol is only run once but women ate and drank gradually before second stage of labor. Intervention 2: Women assigned to the control group were asked to consume just water as routine practice.