My birth plan

jlh123 · March 2009

I have been reading about birthplans and how specific people are. My birth plan....

Get these babies out of me however you need to do it the safest way possible with as much pain meds as you're willing to give. You tell me how to do it and I'll do it. Heck, tell me to stand upside down, I'll do it. lol.

Tha's about it. I know I'm early on but I'm just not needing to get too specific I'm finding. The more I read, the more simplistic I feel about it.

schmoodle · March 2009

Ditto. My birth plan is whatever my doctor thinks maximizes my chances of having a live baby at the end. I don't judge people who have very strong preferences or want natural births, specific environments, et cetera, but for me I don't care at all about the process, just the end result.

MewMew · March 2009

I've never even heard of a birth plan except for a few weeks ago. I read it in a book. I don't really "get it". I thought I would just go to the hospital and have the baby. Maybe I am missing something.

teeveegirl · March 2009

That was mine too! Lo and behold, I ended up having a med-free vaginal birth with baby A and a c-section with baby B. But they both arrived safely even though they were 12 weeks early so I have no complaints. My advice is to trust your doctor. If you don't, you should find another OB.

jlh123 · March 2009

schmoodle:
Ditto. My birth plan is whatever my doctor thinks maximizes my chances of having a live baby at the end. I don't judge people who have very strong preferences or want natural births, specific environments, et cetera, but for me I don't care at all about the process, just the end result.

Agree, I don't judge people either. Some of this stuff I just don't know. For instance, I read how people want the lights low, minimal staff coming in and out. How do I know how I want the lights... I've never been through this. If I want them off I'll say something lol. And I don't care how many staff come in and out to monitor me, do whatever they need to do to have a safe delivery of our precious babies. I'm sure if I did this before, I'd have preferences.

oct11bride03 · March 2009

It's still super early but I've been thinking about some things I'd like when it comes to the birth. Nothing is set in stone, though. I won't be upset if it doesn't happen the way I've planned. Like you said, my main goal is to have a healthy baby at the end of it...I don't really care too much how that happens.

DavezWife · March 2009

I also had a "whatever, here's what I think I want but you can tell me otherwise" plan. It seems the ones who are hell-bent on having it one way are the ones who get exactly what they didnt' want.

I will say one of the best ideas I saw was this: put your wishes, simple bullet form, on a 4x6 index card with your name on the top. That way it can get clipped to your chart, and easily passed from nurse to nurse, shift to shift. Being a nurse myself, there is nothing I would hate more than to get a 4 page birth plan printout, it just won't get read. Talk to your doc, but again, you may not get that doc for delivery. The card rocks. Trust me.

jlh123 · March 2009

"My advice is to trust your doctor."

I agree, and I have 100% trust in my doctor. However they need me to do it, I'll do it. That's why I said as much pain meds as they'll let me have, I realize it could be none depending on how things are progressing.

jlh123 · March 2009

Davez, great idea, thanks!

Kristin&Frank · March 2009

I had a very detailed birth plan and I'm glad I did. I was determined to go med free, and the first thing it said was "please don't OFFER meds. If I want them, I will ask for them."

Really, the other stuff was basic. I'd prefer not to have an episiotomy, which my doctor already knew. I wanted the mirror to watch, etc. Those things I'd forget to ask for in the heat of the moment. Also, PLEASE help me with suggestions of birthing positions. If you know of a position that might be more comfortable for me, tell me!!! If I was laying there miserable and nobody suggested I sit on the ball, it would have been a rough (er) experience!

jamalynn · March 2009

I had a birth plan, and shared it with my OB before I delivered so she knew things like I didn't want drugs, etc. But when I was induced my OB wasn't on call and I never saw her until I was pushing and I never showed the nurses. Oh well. Mine wasn't very specific, just given the choice, this is what I would like.

SeaSoul · March 2009

I didn't have a birth plan, my only plan was to play things by ear, which turned out to be the best thing for me. They did ask some questions in the weeks prior, like do you think you'll want to try the birthing tub and my answer was yes, but i couldn't get any more specfic than that. As it turned out mine was a med-free vaginal birth...i did spend time in the tub but got sick of it after a while and didn't deliver in there.

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