![]() Yet so many women seem to choose these two books and are done. Just reading heavily marketed books with catchy titles, such as ‘Up The Duff’ or ‘What to Expect When You Are Expecting,’ is nowhere near enough. If you haven’t yet, it’s a great time to start, no matter how pregnant you might be. Ideally you’ve already done some research and read empowering and informative books, so you know the importance of your choices. #1: You Get To Explore How You Feel About BirthĪnd not only that, but you get to research the many options you have available to you for the birth. There are so many reasons to be writing out your birth preferences. You can read any of those books with confidence.Ī great book specific to birth plans is Creating Your Birth Plan: The Definitive Guide to a Safe and Empowering Birth by the fabulous Dr. If you aren’t sure which books to read, check out my top, recommended birth books, which only contains books I know will inspire, empower and inform you. Get yourself informed and empowered and write your own – it’s easier than you think and you don’t need a medical degree! It might seem like a difficult thing to do at first, not knowing what you want, but once you have read the right books and consulted all the right sources, then decided what you would like, it’s much easier. I don’t want an epidural because I want an active labour, which is proven to shorten labour and it’s less painful than being on my back plus the benefits for my baby). An important part of this is to also know reasons why they want what they do (e.g. These sorts of plans might give you an idea of what to put as your birth intentions, but I do strongly encourage women to research the full extent of their options and what they truly want for birth. Very simple and a clever idea at first thought, but also very impersonal, no room for writing your own extra comments or ideas – so they are not ideal. These forms of birth plans have drop down menus, click or tick boxes which put all the things you chose into a template with your own name on it. Unfortunately, often these birth plans have come from internet sites which are inflexible and some have options, drug names or terms which are not even applicable to Australia. They even feel that the words ‘intentions’ or ‘preferences’ are not strong enough words to convey that power and choice they believe all should have. On the other hand, there are others who think having a ‘birth plan’, with that very name, is an important part of birthing women reclaiming power, giving them the right to have choice and the birth they hope for. I’ve even heard feedback from many midwives and obstetricians who think they are too. Who could possibly PLAN the way their birth is going to unfold?īirth doesn’t always go to ‘plan’, so some people think the whole exercise is a waste of time. The two words, birth and plan, were always going to cause debate from the start. ![]() However, I think they are very useful and important, but first, i’ll explain why some people think its a waste of time. ![]() Others think it’s a complete waste of time. Some people think a birth plan is an important part of pre-birth preparation. People are usually in one of two minds about writing a birth plan, or as some prefer to call it, their ‘birth intentions’ or ‘birth preferences’.
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