Birth Plan Support
Creating a birth plan can help you understand your options, clarify your preferences, and communicate more clearly with your care team, family, and support network. Using evidence based research, we will guide you through the process so you feel informed, confident, and prepared heading into your birth.
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Labor Preferences: movement, positions, environment, food
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Pain Management: medicated, unmedicated, epidural, etc.
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Monitoring Preferences: Intermittent vs. continuous fetal monitoring
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Preferences for Support People: who's in the room, role of each person
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Cervical Exams and Interventions: membrane sweeps, Pitocin etc.
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Pushing and Delivery Preferences: positioning, coached vs, instinctive pushing
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Immediate Postpartum Care: delayed cord clamping, skin-to-skin, newborn procedures
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Feeding Preferences: breastfeeding/chestfeeding, bottle feeding, combo
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Cesarean Preferences: support people, music, drape options, etc.
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And More!
What can go in a birth plaN?
