Birth Plan?

Hi dear, if you trust your gynae, then there’s no need for a birth plan:) from experience, many people “throw out” their birth plans when in the delivery suite. The common things in the birth plan are the type of birth, the kind of pain relief, cord clamping, what to do with the placenta. For type of birth, some people specify water birth, some say they want natural (refuse C-section/artificial rupture of membrane). For this, I strongly recommend that you listen to what your doctor advises you on that day. Your gynae will know what is safest. For pain relief, it depends on your threshold and preference (laughing gas/pethidine injection/epidural). Pushing baby out is tiring, so you need all the strength you can muster. If you can’t bear the pain, just take the epidural so you save some energy. If you’re doing well with laughing gas alone, then that’s fine too. For cord clamping/cutting, they may offer to let your husband cut the cord. For the placenta, you can decide whether to keep it or throw it. A small group of mummies request to eat a piece of it. I didn’t have a printed birth plan, but I just knew what pain relief I wanted, and trusted my gynae and the midwives with the rest of the decisions:) So I managed to just focus on getting my babies out. All the best!