Birth Plan Review

sschwege · December 2012

This is pretty much the same birth plan I used last time, with the exception of the c-section piece. If anyone feels like reviewing it I would be happy to hear suggestions! Thanks! Oh and in the real birth plan the font is bigger and there's more spacing between bullets, I plan to have the c-section part on a separate page.

Birth Preferences

We request:

To decline routine IV prep upon admission
To decline discussion on pain tolerance and pain levels
That staff honor need for quiet and refrain from references to ?pain?, ?hurt? or any offer of pain medication unless requested
To be free of blood pressure cuff between readings
In the absence of medical necessity, only intermittent monitoring of the baby?s heart with doppler
Minimal number of vaginal exams and to NOT be told how dilated I am
Father to announce the sex of the baby
Allow baby to remain with mother and/or father for bonding for 1 hour
To decline baby?s first bath

We thank you in advance for your support and kind attention to our choices.

C-Section Birth Plan

We Request:

Double suturing of uterus with dissolvable stitches. Please do not use staples.

One hand free to be able to touch the baby once delivered

Father to announce the sex of the baby

No pacifiers or formula

To decline baby?s first bath

tokenhoser · December 2012

Looks fine to me. Do you have any preference about delaying cord clamping, or donating cord blood?

annabelle.27 · December 2012

Can I ask why you do not want to be told how dilated you are? With my second baby, one of my regrets is not knowing how I was progressing. My labour was very fast, and I was pushing before the midwife arrived, but during my whopping 45 minute prepushing labour I was in such emotional distress because I was in such pain and I thought I was in early labour still. As it is, all I remember of my labour is the terror of thinking I would have to endure much worse for hours to come. If I had known that I was in transition and almost done I think I could have handled myself better and had a better experience as a result. I cant help but wonder if you would likewise feel encouraged by having a quantifiable confirmation of your progress?

aylafsu88 · December 2012

Good plan. Did you maybe want to add a note about tearing naturally or perineal massages?

sschwege · December 2012

tokenhoser:
Looks fine to me. Do you have any preference about delaying cord clamping, or donating cord blood?

Thank you for reminding me to ask about this!

sschwege · December 2012

annabelle.27:
Can I ask why you do not want to be told how dilated you are? With my second baby, one of my regrets is not knowing how I was progressing. My labour was very fast, and I was pushing before the midwife arrived, but during my whopping 45 minute prepushing labour I was in such emotional distress because I was in such pain and I thought I was in early labour still. As it is, all I remember of my labour is the terror of thinking I would have to endure much worse for hours to come. If I had known that I was in transition and almost done I think I could have handled myself better and had a better experience as a result. I cant help but wonder if you would likewise feel encouraged by having a quantifiable confirmation of your progress?

I found it helpful last time to not be locked into the numbers, I guess my thinking was, "I will be done when my baby is in my arms." It served me well last time, but it's something that I could easily change in the midst of everything. Thank you for adding a different perspective to this!

sschwege · December 2012

aylafsu88:
Good plan. Did you maybe want to add a note about tearing naturally or perineal massages?

These things are standard at my hospital, or else I would. Thank you!

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