How to create a birth plan pdf

1. What to Put In Your Birth Plan A birth plan typically has the following sections: Labor Here are a few examples of what you may want to put under birth and delivery:     Will medical students be allowed in your room? Will you be okay with them using oxytocin to induce or augment labor contractions? Will you have any special requests about the lighting, the noise level, etc? Where do you want to be? Will you want a labor bed, birthing tub, etc? (This will depend on where you are giving birth and what is available to you.) Will you want pain relief and how do you want it handled? Would you want an epidural or alternatives to pain medicine? If medically necessary, how do you feel about interventions like vacuum extraction or forceps to assist in the birth of your baby? What kind of birth are you planning? Natural, c-section, etc? Who will be allowed to be with you in your room? Your partner, your mom, your best friend, a labor coach, a doula? Will you allow the use of an IV or catheter? Will you allow external and internal electronic fetal monitoring? Would you want the ability to be mobile during your labor? Would you want the ability to shower or bathe during labor? Would you want to try different birthing positions?          Birth and Delivery Your baby is born. How do you want those first few moments to unfold?       Would you want to postpone your baby’s weighing until after you meet him/her? Do you plan to breastfeed? If so, will you want a lactation consultant there to help you? Do you plan to be holding your baby immediately after birth? Will you bank the cord blood? If so, will that be done in the hospital, or from specialists outside the hospital? Who will cut the umbilical cord? If the baby's gender is unknown before birth, who do you want to announce your baby's gender? Your partner, or do you want to find out yourself? How soon after birth will your baby's first feeding be? If you plan to breastfeed, will you breastfeed exclusively? If you don't plan to breastfeed, who will feed the baby first? Would you want to delay administering eye drops until after you and your baby greet each other? Do you have special requests regarding the delivery of the placenta? Do you have any special requests about suctioning your baby? For example, some parents choose to have dad suction his new baby?       Care for Your Newborn & Postpartum You are healthy. Your baby is healthy. Here are a few decisions you have to make for postpartum care:           If any, what kind of support will you require after your baby is born? Will your baby be allowed to have a pacifier? For a boy, will he be circumcised? If so, who will be performing the circumcision? Where would you want your partner to be after the birth? If you have other children, where would you want them to be? Who will be bathing your baby? Would you want someone to show you how to bathe your baby? If necessary, would you consent to your baby getting supplemental feedings of formula? Will you pump and have your baby drinking breast milk from a bottle? Will your baby be allowed to get vaccinations? Will your baby be formula-fed? Will your baby be staying in the nursery, or with you?