Birth Plan

[lostlilygirl]

So I have to make up a guideline of a birth plan to start talking with my doctor tommorow. I was just hoping people could help me cover all the bases...

C-sec
vaccum
forceps
epidural
laughing gas
Episiotomy
pitoson
fetal monitoring
membrane stripping
breastfeeding
enema
shaving
IV's

I'm just gonna list them and add a comment on my preference than talk with him about it all... just dont wanna miss anything if you guys have more i have missed PLS add!!!

[anxiousmomtobe?]

The current trend here in Canada is as natural as possible.  If you tell your doc that and have a good birth coach to help you when decisions need to be made you will be fine.  

Labour is hard and sometimes scary, however, some women breeze through it.  My sister in law had very little pain.  I have a friend who just had her first.  She was in labour for 1.5 hours.  She only had to push three times and had two stitches.  You could very well have a lovely delivery.

Peek, I agree with you about vaccuum, without it son would not be here.  In fact, I am not sure I would have made it either.  Forceps are not routinely used here anymore.  They were when I had my dd 16 years ago.  Of the two, I think vacuum does the least damage to the mother.  

By the way, I recently read in a lamaze book that the pain of birth was imagined.....I threw the book across the room and had a big belly laugh.

[peekawho]

The trouble is, under the best of circumstances, if there is severe distress and the baby is on the perineum, it takes about 10, sometimes 15 minutes to get you to the section room, anesthetized, and the baby out.   All the while, the baby may not be getting enough oxygen.  

A vacuum can be used and the baby out in less than a minute.  

I am not saying they are appropriate in every circumstance, nor do I want to scare Lilly!  But there is a very useful place for them, in the right hands and circumstance.

[lostlilygirl]

i had a friend tell me she was on demoral and she was SO spaced out that she didn't even clue in that her baby was born!!! her DH had to tell her 5 times that they had a baby girl.... and i heard the spinal one can make you numb for days if they do it wrong....

i realize children dont come with a manual but i'm seriously confused on what the hell i'm suppose to be doing and deciding here... all i know is i'm against a C-sec unless a last resort and i want to hold the baby right away and it not leave me... that's all i have been able to figure out!!! 2 things out of like 50+ (or it seems that way)

[ImmortalOne]

I totally understand and respect your education and experience.  As I told Lily the forceps and vaccum is something that I'm totally paranoid about.  I don't trust anyone to use their own strength on my baby's head, and that might sound strange.  I'd rather they cut me open and take her out (just not to use the same scar that has been used twice now for the appendectomy and my ovary removal!)

[lostlilygirl]

peek

i dont know what i prefer cause this is my first and i dont know all the risks... or what is better for less risk on teh baby and what not.... that's why i wanted to get anything i can off here so i wont waste the doctors time explaining everything to me....

[jd1419]

I never did a birth plan--I figured I would go with the flow--my hospital does not do epidurals-so no need for me to worry about that.  I was induced with PIT both times--bearable used demoral for the pain when it got to a point of not tolerating it anymore--was able to sleep for about an 1 1/2 after that--woke up and was ready to start pushing--I did lay in a reclining chair on my side for a while insted of the bed...wonderful nurses in labor and delivery--don't worry about offending them they are used to seeing and hearing all sorts of things.  I had the vaccuum used on both my sons for they both got stuck on my pubic bone--second son even needed forcep pull--he is just fine and it really did not hurt that bad  considering you are already in the final moments of delivery the pain is great at that point anyway and you just want your baby out so anything they can do to get them out is the best thing.