birth plan

I feel like I am leaving something out of my birth plan. I am due in 60 days. If you think I need to add anything, please comment.


Birth Plan

Ø I want my baby to have nothing but breast milk after she is born.

Ø I do not want an epidural unless I ask for it so I can walk as long as possible.

Ø I do not want an episiotomy unless it is apparent that I am going to rip, and I want to be notified of it before it is done.

Ø My baby is to leave my room only for tests that are necessary or she needs care that cannot be given in my room.

Ø My fiancé, Nick, is to be the first person to hold her after she is born, then she will come to me.

Ø If I need stitches, do not do the ‘husband stitch’.

Ø Do not give me any Pitocin unless I am not progressing in my dilation.

Do doctors even read these? Honestly, yours sounds pretty reasonable. I've read some far-fetched birth plans. How do you feel about shots? Some people refuse the Vitamin K (don't know why) and Hep B. I hope you have a pleasant birth experience.

My doctor keeps asking when I am going to give her mine. I was procrastinating because the SO didn't want to help because he thinks it is stupid. He is actually trying to force me to have an epidural. Shots are fine if they benefit the baby and I.

I never wrote a bp and they followed all that stuff for me. I guess my hospital is like super good with protocol. Nobody ever asked me for one with my first. This time every time I've been to l&d they ask me if i have one and I'm like "umm I don't get a choice but thanks for asking" haha.

What is a husband stitch?

Quoting Raindancer:" What is a husband stitch?"

The husband stitch is, from what I have been told, where they give you an extra stitch to make it a little tighter for when you are able to do the naughty again.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Raindancer:</b>" What is a husband stitch?"</blockquote>

They add an extra stitch to the vagina to make it tighter for hubby, but it doesn't actually work.

That is a good birth plan!!
I didn't have one with my son but everything you have stated so far is pretty well put.

The pitocin part.. Like if you don't dilate any for an hour they will call it stalled and tell you to get pit. I would change that to consult (insert name of person that knows your wishes here) this person if I am in too much pain to talk about it. But I would def make sure you tell the doc to tell you why they are putting you on pit if and more than likely when they do.

Quoting Raindancer:" The pitocin part.. Like if you don't dilate any for an hour they will call it stalled and tell you to ... [snip!] ... But I would def make sure you tell the doc to tell you why they are putting you on pit if and more than likely when they do."

I agree with that, but I don't know if my SO will be there at the time and he is the only person allowed to make any kind of decisions like that for me. I'm not letting anyone but him and his mom in the room with me unless it is my older sister.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Raindancer:</b>" The pitocin part.. Like if you don't dilate any for an hour they will call it stalled and tell you to ... [snip!] ... But I would def make sure you tell the doc to tell you why they are putting you on pit if and more than likely when they do."</blockquote>


An hour? I don't think that's a general rule. Maybe just at your hospital. They let me go 12 hours before they mentioned Pit. I refused it at first. It took me 15 hours to go from 2-3, which slow progression can be normal for a gravida one (first timer). The only reason they were concerned was because my water broke before I got to the hospital, so the chance of infection was increased.

It looks good. I didn't have a birth plan. I was joking around telling my OB exactly what I did & didn't want during delivery, and 5 months later when I was in labor, she remembered every exact thing.

Quoting Squeaky McGee:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Raindancer:</b>" The pitocin part.. Like if you don't dilate ... [snip!] ... reason they were concerned was because my water broke before I got to the hospital, so the chance of infection was increased."

That is what they told me at my hospital yes. That would be another reason I am getting a midwife and doing a HBAC when I have my next child.

Quoting Brandi Milam:" I feel like I am leaving something out of my birth plan. I am due in 60 days. If you think I need to ... [snip!] ... If I need stitches, do not do the ‘husband stitch’. Ø Do not give me any Pitocin unless I am not progressing in my dilation."

who has scared you into thinking this needs to be written?

of course you won't get an epidural without being told.

epis... only done if it looks like you're going to tear... OR if baby's heart rate is severely low... and pushing baby out will be faster than a section.

pitocin.... I'd be more specific. I'd say something along the lines of you want a discussion with the doctor first...about his expectations for how fast you should dilate.. AND.. if baby is tolerating labor. Rushing a healthy labor isn't always necessary.. if you're against using pitocin

as far as baby to him..... baby will be wet adn slippery. Baby will either go to warmer to be dried, cleaned etc... OR>... go right on your bare chest..skin to skin...which is what is best for baby. being against your skin helps bring in your milk, regulate babies breathing, temerature, and blood sugar. If you wait to take baby until baby is cleaned up for dad... you'll miss that great window of opportunity.

Quoting Squeaky McGee:" Do doctors even read these? Honestly, yours sounds pretty reasonable. I've read some far-fetched birth ... [snip!] ... you feel about shots? Some people refuse the Vitamin K (don't know why) and Hep B. I hope you have a pleasant birth experience."

absolutely..then they send them up to L&D so nurses can read them ahead of time.

however... 99% of the time.. it's the patient that doesnt' follow it. The more detailed the birthing plan..the more things go wrong. and..ironically...seems like it's the ones who write us detailed instructions...that end up sending baby to the nursery all night asking for bottles because they're too tired after laboring all day.