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Comprehensive birth plan guide
This is a birth plan that guides you through decisions that have to be made and options you will have. This is for all types of births: natural or epidural, any pain management preference, vaginal delivery or cesarean, and hospital birth or birthing center or home birth. Know your options. Choose what is right for you. Designed to be customized, this birth plan has checklists of your options (so you can choose whatever is right for you) and fill-in-the-blanks. This is a birth plan that is truly unique to each family.
The outline
Part 1: What is a birth plan?
Part 2: What makes a birth plan successful?
Part 3: Birth plan packet for parents
- Know before you go
- Foundational decisions
- Stage 1: Labor
- Stage 2: Delivery of the baby
- Stage 3: Delivery of the placenta (afterbirth)
- Neonatal care
- Other notes
- In case of c-section
- Postpartum planning
Part 4: The fill-in birth plan to give your OB or midwife and maternity center staff
Part 5: A sample birth plan
*** Please note this is for individual use only. This is not for distribution by birth professionals or facilities. If you are a birth professional or women's healthcare facility, see the Christian Birth and Breastfeeding Professionals page for options to purchase this item for use with students/clients/patients.
Birth Plan Guide for Scheduled C-sections
Big plans come with having a baby. There are lots of decisions to be made, lots of options, lots of products, and we all dream of how having a baby will be. Birth is a big thing we all make plans for. When birth is planned to be a surgical delivery (c-section), women often feel like everything is out of their control. In this birth plan guide specially made for scheduled c-sections, we talk about creating a more family-centered cesarean. There are still plans to be made before birth. The infant care plans are the same and the postpartum plans are still needed. You can do a birth plan for a surgical birth. Use this to learn more about decisions and options, choices and things to ask about, as well as some options for coping with not having a vaginal delivery if that is what you wanted. Your birth is still a birth, whether it's vaginal or surgical. Let's make it an educated and empowered, beautiful cesarean.
The outline
Part 1: What is a birth plan?
Part 2: The birth plan packet for parents
- Know before you go
- Foundational decisions
- Before surgery
- During the birth
- Post-op
- Postpartum – the first few days in the hospital
- Postpartum at home, the first 6 weeks
- Neonatal care
- Other notes
- Adapting the original plans
Part 3: Talking points for a family-centered cesarean
*** Please note this is for individual use only. This is not for distribution by birth professionals or facilities. If you are a birth professional or women's healthcare facility, see the Christian Birth and Breastfeeding Professionals page for options to purchase this item for use with students/clients/patients.
Coping with contractions
This is a guide to use during the second half of pregnancy to help you prepare and take with you during labor. You can highlight or make notes for your support team. You can use this on your own, with a partner, or with your doula. It has dozens of tips and tricks for coping with contractions and comfort measures during birth.
It discusses:
- mindset and affirmations
- scripture and prayer (if that's something you want)
- distraction
- breathing and vocalization
- relaxation techniques
- hydrotherapy
- warmth
- cool down options
- movement and positioning
- counter pressure
- and pain medication options
NOTE: This is for all types of labor: natural and unmedicated AND/OR with an epidural or other pain meds. KNOW your options. CHOOSE what is right for you.
This is a PDF file that can be downloaded to your computer and cell phone. It can also be printed. It is 18 pages long. It is words-only; there are no pictures or videos with this digital download.
*** Please note this is for individual use only. This is not for distribution by birth professionals or facilities. If you are a birth professional or women's healthcare facility, see the Christian Birth and Breastfeeding Professionals page for options to purchase this item for use with students/clients/patients.
Free digital, printable handouts
They can be downloaded and saved for easy referencing on cell phones, tablets, and computers.
They can also be printed. All are on standard size paper and easily print in black and white.
No billing information is needed for free handouts. Your digital download will be emailed to you as soon as it is purchased.
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