There are many factors to consider
when writing your birth plan — will you choose to go the traditional route and use an obstetrician in a hospital setting or will you select alternative birthing methods and use birth assistants like a midwife and doula?
Not exact matches
Deciding what pain relief you want during labour is an important consideration for most mums
when they are
writing their
birth plan
When you create a
birth plan, you think about the various birthing options available to you and then
write down your preferences.
You can't
write a
birth plan if you know nothing about, well, what to expect
when you're expecting.
Because of these benefits, many women find that hiring a doula can be far more helpful than
writing a
birth plan when it comes to achieving the
birth experience they want.
When writing your cesarean
birth plan, you can choose whether to elect a c - section ahead of time, who you want in the room with you and whether you want any medical students in the room with you.
When you've
written your
birth plan, go over it with your doctor.
You may have
written a
birth plan to indicate your preferences for the big day, but what happens
when you take your baby home?
The Daily Telegraph's Richard Dorment
wrote: «
When some bright spark at Tate Britain came up with the idea of doing a show about the history of iconoclasm in this country, why wasn't the
plan strangled at
birth?»