| Your birth plan | 394.000000000000 | Your birth plan | Your birth plan | Y | English | Pregnancy | Adult (19+) | Body | NA | NA | Prenatal
Adult (19+) | NA | | 2009-09-11T04:00:00Z | | | | | | 9.20000000000000 | 63.6000000000000 | 448.000000000000 | | Flat Content | Health A-Z | <p>How to create an effective birth plan. Things to discuss with the health-care provider, such as banking your baby's umbilical cord blood, are mentioned.</p> | <p>You may wish to work out a birth plan with your health-care provider some time before delivery. This is a written plan that combines your wishes for childbirth with what your health-care provider thinks is practical. It can help to minimize conflict between you and your health-care provider regarding your options for childbirth. </p> | | <h2>Key points</h2>
<ul><li>A birth plan is a written plan that combines your wishes for childbirth with what your health-care provider thinks is practical.</li>
<li>When making a birth plan, you need to consider the different types of interventions that may be offered to help labour and delivery along, such as pain relief or caesarean section.</li>
<li>A birth plan is not a written legal contract and it may need to be adjusted, especially if your health or the health of your baby is at risk.</li></ul> | <p>There are a number of things to consider and discuss with your health-care provider when making a birth plan. These include:</p>
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<li>where your labour and delivery will occur: at home or at the hospital </li>
<li>if you are having a hospital birth, when to come to the hospital after labour has started </li>
<li>walking around or sitting up during labour: this is considered more comfortable and effective than lying down throughout labour </li>
<li>personalizing the delivery room with low lighting and music </li>
<li>using a camera or video camera to capture the birth on film </li>
<li>having siblings and other people present at the birth </li>
<li>banking your baby’s umbilical cord blood </li>
<li>holding and breastfeeding your baby immediately after they are born </li></ul>
<p>When making a birth plan, you need to consider the different types of interventions that may be offered to help labour and delivery along. It is important to find out when they might need to be used, and assess the benefits and risks of each option. Consult your health-care provider and search through this site for information about the following options: </p>
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<li>induction of labour </li>
<li>pain relief </li>
<li>fetal monitoring </li>
<li>forceps and vacuum extraction </li>
<li>episiotomy </li>
<li>caesarean section </li>
<li>vaginal birth after caesarean section </li></ul>
<p>It is important to note that a birth plan is not a written legal contract. You may have an ideal way in which you want your baby's birth to happen. However, nature sometimes takes its own course, and your health-care provider may need to change aspects of your birth plan depending on how your labour progresses. Try not to feel disappointed if things do not proceed according to plan. Above all else, your safety and the safety of your baby are the most important things to consider during labour. </p> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | https://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/AKHAssets/your_birth_plan.jpg | | | | | | | Your birth plan | | False | | | | | | |
