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Thought this might be helpful. Even though you have been through it before.....Some things to consider when creating your birth plan:
-Who you want in the delivery room (partner only, family, friends, other children)
-Eating and drinking during labor
-Activities or positions during labor (walking, standing, squatting, hands and knees, lying on back)
-Enemas/shaving of the pubic hair
-Routine IV’s
-Catherization
-Rupture of membranes (artificial or spontaneous)
-Fetal monitoring
-Pain relief/ medications
-Episiotomy
-Mirror during birth
-The use of pitocin (and other options for induction/augmentation)
-Forceps/vacuum extraction
-Vaginal exams (minimal)
-Relaxation techniques (shower, bathing, music, massage)
-Camera/video camera use
-Umbilical cord cutting
-Cord blood banking
-Holding your baby immediately after birth/breastfeeding immediately
-Rooming in
-Supplementary bottles, pacifiers
-Circumcision
-Length of hospital stay, barring complications
-Postponing administering eye drops/weighing until after you hold/breastfeed your baby
-Being present for first bath, weighing and administering eye drops.
-Cesarean (partner’s presence, anesthesia, holding your baby/breastfeeding in delivery/recovery room)
-Who you want in the delivery room (partner only, family, friends, other children)
-Eating and drinking during labor
-Activities or positions during labor (walking, standing, squatting, hands and knees, lying on back)
-Enemas/shaving of the pubic hair
-Routine IV’s
-Catherization
-Rupture of membranes (artificial or spontaneous)
-Fetal monitoring
-Pain relief/ medications
-Episiotomy
-Mirror during birth
-The use of pitocin (and other options for induction/augmentation)
-Forceps/vacuum extraction
-Vaginal exams (minimal)
-Relaxation techniques (shower, bathing, music, massage)
-Camera/video camera use
-Umbilical cord cutting
-Cord blood banking
-Holding your baby immediately after birth/breastfeeding immediately
-Rooming in
-Supplementary bottles, pacifiers
-Circumcision
-Length of hospital stay, barring complications
-Postponing administering eye drops/weighing until after you hold/breastfeed your baby
-Being present for first bath, weighing and administering eye drops.
-Cesarean (partner’s presence, anesthesia, holding your baby/breastfeeding in delivery/recovery room)