VBAC
Anyone want to share their VBAC and C/S birth plans?
Or point me where to find some? I'm going to ask at my appt next week, but I'd like to see some in advance to see if I have any questions.
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Re: Anyone want to share their VBAC and C/S birth plans?
I hope this keeps the formatting. These were mine from my Augst 09 VBAC
GOALS FOR THE BIRTH OF BABY LASTNAME
Patient Name: NAME
Patient?s Husband: NAME
Midwife: NAME
Birth Doula: NAME
Guiding Philosophy:
Childbirth is natural and healthy. Mother Nature has designed a beautiful process and we will let it unfold without interfering, so long as mother and baby are without medical complications.
Vaginal Exams:
IV:
Food & Water:
Pain Relief:
Movement during Labor:
Fetal Monitoring:
Episiotomy:
Delivery:
Third Stage Labor:
REVIEWED BY: ___________________________________ Date: ________________
MIDWIFE
Patient Name: NAME
Patient?s Husband: NAME
Midwife: NAME
Birth Doula: NAME
Anesthesia: Spinal Block
Catheter: Inserted AFTER the spinal
Arms: Arms free and unrestrained during surgery
Patient?s Support:
? Husband shall be present.
Baby:
? Husband will announce the sex.
? Place the baby immediately on the mother?s chest for skin-to-skin contact.
? Barring medical complications in the baby, the newborn check-up & procedures will be postponed until the baby has nursed.
? The baby shall receive NO sugar water, bottles, or pacifiers.
? Barring medical complications in baby or mother, the mother, father, and baby shall leave the OR together to go to recovery.
Surgery:
? Low transverse incision
? Double-suturing
? Dissolvable stitches inside with staples outside
OR Environment:
? Please no idle chit-chat
? Instead, talk to the mother and father reassuringly, tell us what is going on, how everyone is doing. Father will be permitted to take still photographs after the baby is removed.
Post-Op:
? The IV will be removed as soon as possible.
? The catheter shall remain in place until the mother requests removal.
? Administer stool softener 2-3 times per day.
REVIEWED BY: ___________________________________ Date: ________________
MIDWIFE
To my Health Care Providers: Thank you for taking the time to work with us and our birth plan. These are our preferences; and as this is a planned Cesarean birth we are looking forward to a positive birth experience. We want to participate in this birth to the fullest. We have listed our preferences below; your help in assisting us through this process is very much appreciated.
Environment
Please, no residents or students attending my birth.
I would like to have my husband with me at all times.
Anesthesia
No mind-altering drugs are to be administered without my expressed permission. It is important to me not to feel drugged or be unable to remember the events of the birth.
I would like the catheter put in after anesthesia is administered.
During the Procedure
I would like to see the baby immediately after birth if at all possible. If there is any way to place the baby on my chest, even for a few seconds, I would like this to happen.
With the exception of nurses/doctors I am to be the first person to hold the baby.
Newborn Procedures
I would like to have contact with the baby as soon as it is possible in the delivery room.We would like it if my husband remains with the baby at all times.
My baby is to be exclusively breastfed, do not offer my baby formula, pacifier, and artificial nipple or sugar water without my consent.
We would like it if the all routines and procedures could be performed in our presence.
Post-Op & Recovery
I would like my husband to remain with me at all times during the recovery unless the baby is taken elsewhere. In this instance I would like for him to remain with the baby.
I wish to have the baby with me in recovery so that I can breastfeed.
We would like our baby to room in with us. I will have someone with me at all times to assist me with the baby in any way.
I haven't come up with any formal birth plans yet. Here is the gist:
Vaginal:
-If everything is fine, leave me the f*ck alone and let my body do its thing
Cesarean:
-No strapping my arms down. Or at least leave one of them free.
-Please don't talk about my internal organs and what you are doing to them when I can hear you
-No dumbass students or residents
-Stitches and glue instead of staples
That's all I have so far
Love all of this!