Birth Plan Checklist

Labour can be complicated and doesn't always go as planned but it's still a good idea to have a few ideas about the way you would like it to go. below are suggestions of the kind of chioices you might like to be making in an ideal world....

I am happy for students to be present at the brith		Ventouse
I would like my birth partner present at all times		Forceps
I want pain relief		Epistiostomy
My ideal methods of pain relief are/is ....		If I need a Caesarean section, I would prefer...
I will also consider		My birth partner to be present at all times
My ideal alternative therapies are		My birth partner to have contact with the baby if I cannot
I would like the opportunity to use....		To see and hold my baby as soon as possible
Birth Pool		After the baby is born I would prefer...
Birth stool		To hold the baby as soon as possible
Birthing ball		My birth partner to hold the baby as soon as possible
Bean bag		The baby to be cleaned before I hold him
Other (please specify)		The baby to be breastfed as soon as possible
My ideal birth position is		I would prefer the afterbirth to be delivered unassisted
I would like to see my baby's head crown		To be delivered unassisted
I would like to photograph the birth		To be sped up with an injection
If I need to be induced I would prefer...		For my hospital stay I would prefer
Artificial rupture of membranes		6 hour discharge
Prostaglandin		24 hour discharge
Syntocinon		Post 24 hour discharge if possible
If I need an assisted delivery I would prefer....		A private room if possible