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Our Birth Plan

hmartinez0809hmartinez0809 member
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WOO HOO! We finished our birth plan... for the most part... we may add a few things here and there... Our Bradley Method teacher said to keep our birth plan under a page... 

 

Birth Plan for Heather & Dominic

 

We are very excited about a naturalbirth. We understand that giving birth can have unavoidable risks and, should acomplication arise, we understand that all of our requests may not be possible.We look forward to working with you to help us meet our goals.

 

In striving for a natural, un-medicatedand intervention-free birth, we request the following:

 

-      Time to labor

-      As much privacy as possible

-      Freedom to move around

-      Positive encouragement at all times

-      Limited vaginal exams

-      That the baby be placed directly onHeather?s stomach/chest and that, as long as the baby is doing fine, any testsor procedures be put off for the first hour or two

-      That the cord not be clamped for cutuntil it has stopped pulsing

 

Unless medically necessary to protect thehealth or life of Heather or the baby, we also request that the following beavoided.

 

-      The use of induction dugs before, duringor after the birth (even for the placenta)

-      The use of episiotomy, forceps or suction

 

 

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Re: Our Birth Plan

  • judahsmommy1judahsmommy1
    Beautiful!
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  • sschwegesschwege member

    Looks great!  Nice and brief!  

    You might have already established this with your provider, but if not it might be good to document the type of monitoring you would prefer (intermittent vs. continuous).     

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  • tokenhosertokenhoser member

    I would also think about how you feel about directed vs. undirected pushing.

    And I would spell out "No pitocin after delivery unless it is required." or something more clear than talking about induction drugs.

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  • hmartinez0809hmartinez0809 member
    imagesschwege:

    Looks great!  Nice and brief!  

    You might have already established this with your provider, but if not it might be good to document the type of monitoring you would prefer (intermittent vs. continuous).     

     

    OOOOOO YES! Thank you!!! I knew I was forgetting something...  

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  • DiveFrogDiveFrog member
    Any wishes for newborn procedures? We included that we would like to decline the eye ointment and Hep B vaccine, but are ok with the vitamin K shot.
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  • hmartinez0809hmartinez0809 member
    imageLegalBritt:

    Very nice. I like that it's short and sweet so easy for the nursing staff to review easily. Can you explain the part about not clamping the cord until it has stopped pulsing?

     

    Thank you. We want our LO to get all of the blood as possible rather than just cutting the cord right away and loosing it all.  

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  • hmartinez0809hmartinez0809 member

    imageDiveFrog:
    Any wishes for newborn procedures? We included that we would like to decline the eye ointment and Hep B vaccine, but are ok with the vitamin K shot.

     

    We are ok with all of the newborn procedures. Thank you for pointing it out just in case i missed it...

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