What other preferences do you have that maybe aren't super
common in a birth plan?
Not exact matches
Adverse perinatal outcomes are uncommon
in all settings, while interventions during labour and
birth are much less
common for
births planned in non-obstetric unit settings.
In fact, it's a
common joke among obstetricians and labor and delivery nurses that the longer a woman's
birth plan, the less likely she is to have the
birth experience she's hoping for.
The most recent large scale study comparing outcomes for mother and baby reported
in the British Medical Journal last month showed that for women who had previously given
birth, adverse outcomes were less
common among
planned home
births (1 per 1,000) than among
planned hospital
births (2.3 per 1,000).
Low participation
in population based studies of
planned home
births is
common.
Obstetrical procedures were more
common among women who had
planned in - hospital
births than among women who delivered out of the hospital (30.4 % vs. 1.5 % for induction of labor and 26.4 % vs. 1.1 % for augmentation of labor, P < 0.001 for both comparisons)(Table 3).
But
in women who had given
birth before, severe complications were found to be less
common during
planned home
births.
The most
common indication for transfer was labor dystocia, occurring
in 5.1 % to 9.8 % of all women
planning for home
births.
Our classes offer information about: Pregnancy Anatomy & Physiology of
Birth Stages of Labor
Common Second Stage Interventions Informed Consent Hormones of
Birth Discomfort
in Labor Coping & Relaxation Techniques Comfort Measures
Planning for Postpartum Success
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It's interesting to note that
in research on
planned home
birth in the U.S. — where upright birthing positions are probably more
common — an estimated 16 % of people lose greater than 500 mL of blood postpartum (Cheyney et al. 2014).
Birth plans are now
common practice where I live here
in Ontario, Canada, and are discussed ahead of time with midwives or posted
in hospital delivery rooms for clinicians to reference.