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birth plan
Hello ladies! I'm not very active on the board but I need some help with my birth plan. I know I have to be flexible but I still want to have one. Are any triplet moms willing to share their birth plan with me?
Me=26 DH=41
TTC since 1/10
Me=diminishing ovarian function
DH=asthenozoospermia,hypogonadism,
and varicocele
9/10-12/10 Femara/TI
1/11 Clomid 50 mg IUI #1BFN
2/25 Clomid 75 mg IUI #2BFN
4/28 Follistim IUI #3BFP
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Re: birth plan
Not a triplet MoM..but my birth plan was whatever the dr's felt safest doing
(flashback to Knocked Up)
I planned on vaginal but ended up with C since A was breech and B sideways. GL!
C, you can google c-section birth plans and find some online. I will tell you though if you go into labor before 36 weeks they are going to toss your plan right out the window and do what it takes to safely deliver those babies.
Keep in mind that things like immediate skin to skin contact (for breastfeeding, etc.) might not be possible depending on their apgar scores and their birth weights. With Reese and Ryan they took the babies away and I didn't see them for almost 90 minutes after delivery. When I finally nursed them nearly 2.5 hours later, they were just fine
My birth plan was to always listen to my doctor's and I was game for what they thought was best.
Baby A was breech and Baby B was transverse so I only had one option, c/s.
Good Luck, and remember the important thing is healthy babies, not how they got here.
Here's a little bit of my story and plan (or lack thereof).
When I first found out, I began talking to my MFM about a possible vaginal birth. My son's birth was relatively easy, so I was curious about the possibilities. The epidural was a must (that or a spinal), so that if we had to go into an emergency C-section I wouldn't necessarily have to be knocked out.
Baby A HAD to be head down. Baby B had to be as well. Baby C he said we could work with if it was transverse, but it wouldn't be any fun.
I also had to make it to at least 32 weeks (or have them be at least 1500 grams estimated) to consider it as otherwise he'd be too concerned about their health through the delivery process).
Fast forward to 29 weeks. I went into labor. We got to the hospital and he said if I were to need to deliver that night that we'd do straight c-section as it was so early. The only real "plan" in place was that my husband would be in the room, and I wanted to see them if they were stable enough before being carted off to NICU.
They stopped the labor. Then the real decisions began. We decided if I made it to 32 weeks we'd reconsider the vaginal possibilities. I made it to 32 weeks. I was so exhausted from the contractions and 3 weeks of hospital bedrest that we decided unless I was 10cm and presenting, we'd go ahead and do a c-section. When my water broke at 33 weeks and 1 day, they checked me and I was only 4 cm and had been having contractions all night long. I was miserable. The thought of pushing 3 babies out was just exhausting in itself. So we headed over to L&D for a c-section.
Needless to say, if I had a "plan" it would have been tossed out the window. As long as I had 3 healthy, living, babies, and I made it through the process without any complications, I would have considered the day a success. And I do.