How do make a birthplan?

Question

What does one include? what do I have to do please help me Im already 34 weeks along. maybe an example? I just need a good Idea...Thanks!

Answer 1

http://www.babycenter.com/calculators/birthplan/ Here is a website that offers it

Here is what it is just copied.
Writing a birth plan gives you an opportunity to think about and discuss with your partner and your healthcare practitioner how -- ideally -- you'd like your baby's birth to be handled. Even though there's no way you can control every aspect of labor and delivery, a printed document gives you a place to make your wishes clear. Just remember that you'll need to stay flexible in case something comes up that requires your birth team to depart from your plan.

A written birth plan will also help refresh your practitioner's memory when you're in labor. And it will bring new members of your medical team -- such as your practice's on-call practitioner and your labor-and-delivery nurse -- up to speed about your preferences when you're in active labor (and probably not in the mood for drawn-out conversation).

Our interactive worksheet, below, will guide you through the process of creating a birth plan. Check any options that you know you want or that you'd like to ask your caregiver about. Then click on "Birth Plan Worksheet" near the bottom to see and print out a draft of your plan. Remember that not all of the options listed will be available in every setting or make sense for your situation, particularly if your pregnancy is high-risk. That's why it's important to take your draft with you to a prenatal appointment and go over it with your doctor or midwife. This will give you both a chance to figure out what's possible and what's not, and to find some common ground. And if you can't reach a consensus, you'll still have time to explore other options.

After you've gone over your options with your caregiver, come back and revise your plan if you need to. When you're done, fill out the Identifying Information boxes at the bottom and click on "Final Birth Plan." Print out your final plan and give one to your practitioner, have one put in your file at the hospital or birth center, and put one in the bag you're packing for the day you give birth


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Birth Plan Worksheet

ATTENDANTS AND AMENITIES

I'd like the following people to be present during labor and/or birth:
Partner:
Friend/s:
Relative/s:
Doula:
Children:

I'd also like:
To bring music
To dim the lights
To wear my own clothes during labor and delivery
To take pictures and/or film during labor and delivery


LABOR

I'd like the option of returning home if I'm not in active labor.

Once I'm admitted, I'd like:
My partner to be allowed to stay with me at all times
Only my practitioner, nurse, and guests present (i.e., no residents, medical students, or other hospital personnel)
To wear my contact lenses, as long as I don't need a c-section
To eat if I wish to
To stay hydrated by drinking clear fluids instead of having an IV
To have a heparin or saline lock
To walk and move around as I choose

As long as the baby and I are doing fine, I'd like:
To have intermittent rather than continuous electronic fetal monitoring
To be allowed to progress free of stringent time limits

If they're available, I'd like to try:
A birthing stool
A birthing chair
A squatting bar
A birthing pool/tub

I'd like to bring the following equipment with me:
Birthing stool
Beanbag chair
Birthing pool/tub
Other:

When it's time to push, I'd like to:
Do so instinctively
Be coached on when to push and for how long

I'd like to try the following positions for pushing (and birth):
Semi-reclining
Side-lying position
Squatting
Hands and knees
Whatever feels right at the time

As long as my baby and I are doing fine, I'd like the pushing stage to be allowed to progress free of stringent time limits


PAIN RELIEF

I'd like to try the following pain-management techniques:
Acupressure
Bath/shower
Breathing techniques/distraction
Hot/cold therapy
Self-hypnosis
Massage
Medication

Please don't offer me pain medication. I'll request it if I need it.

If I decide I want medicinal pain relief, I'd prefer:
Regional analgesia (an epidural and/or spinal block)
Systemic medication


VAGINAL BIRTH

I'd like:
To view the birth using a mirror
To touch my baby's head as it crowns
The room to be as quiet as possible
To risk a tear rather than have an episiotomy
My partner to help "catch" our baby

After birth, I'd like:
To hold my baby right away, putting off any procedures that aren't urgent
To breastfeed as soon as possible
To wait until the umbilical cord stops pulsating before it's clamped and cut
My partner to cut the umbilical cord
Not to get routine oxytocin (Pitocin) after I deliver the placenta


C-SECTION

If I have a c-section, I'd like:
My partner present at all times during the operation
The screen lowered a bit so I can see my baby coming out
The baby given to my partner as soon as he's dried (as long as he's in good health)
To breastfeed my baby in the recovery room


POSTPARTUM

After delivery, I'd like:
All newborn procedures to take place in my presence
My partner to stay with the baby at all times if I can't be there
To stay in a private room
To have a cot provided for my partner

I plan to:
Breastfeed exclusively
Combine breastfeeding and formula-feeding
Formula-feed exclusively

The following can be offered to my baby:
Formula
Sugar water
Pacifier
Please don't offer anything to my baby at any point

I'd like my baby fed:
On demand
On a schedule

I'd like:
24-hour rooming-in with my baby
My baby to room-in with me only when I'm awake
My baby brought to me for feedings only
To make my decision later depending on how I'm feeling

If my baby's a boy:
I'd like him circumcised at the hospital.
I'll have him circumcised later.
I don't want him circumcised.

I'd like my other child(ren) brought in to see me and meet the new baby as soon as possible after the birth.

I'm interested in checking out of the hospital early.



For your Final Birth Plan, provide the following identifying information:

IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
Name:
Partner's name:
Today's date:
Doctor or midwife's name:
Name of birth facility:

Answer 2

First of all let me be the one who says "Congrats" first!! Birth plans will include everything that you and your honey would like to have or not to have at the time you give birth such as ... people in room or at your side... medication or natural birth and so on.. go to Babyzone.com and check out their Birth plans print one out and take it with you to your next Dr visit and decide with your Dr what would be making you comfortable and you and your baby's special day!!

Answer 3

Go to babycenter.com and they should have some advice and an outline. My doctor told me to not have one because it's too much to worry about. She handled everything. I didn't want music or special aromas or anything cheesy like that. I just wanted the baby out. Don't overthink this birthplan idea. Just communicate to your doctor what you do and don't want or have worries about.

Answer 4

there are sites you can go to to help design a birthplan. One site worth checking out is www.babyzone.com. They have a wealth of information when it comes to birthplans!

Answer 5

make a floorplan first