Outcomes of Early Versus Delayed Oral Feeding After Cesarean Section in Korle-bu Teaching Hospital

Inclusion Criteria: Uncomplicated elective Cesarean sections performed under regional anaesthesia without extensive intra operative bowel adhesions. Women who give consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Elective Cesarean sections complicated by severe haemorrhage, bowel injury requiring bowel manipulation, repair, resection and anastomosis or colostomy. Women who require a Cesarean hysterectomy. Women who require a Post-partum hysterectomy. Mothers with severe pre-eclampsia. Mothers with sickle cell disease. Mothers with pregestational or gestational diabetes. Mothers who have been scheduled for Cesarean section and require general anaesthesia. Women who have had a previous laparotomy other than a Cesarean section.