THE TOP 30 ELEMENTS OF A BIRTHING PLAN
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INTRODUCTION
Element #1: Name of mother to be and partner
Element #2: Due date
Element #3: Name of health care provider: Doula, midwife, doctor etc
Element #4: Health conditions like allergies, high blood pressure, diabetes, blood type if you know it
Element #5: Particular conditions: religious beliefs, the partner cannot attend, phobias, a trauma in the past etc
Element #6: Emergency contact.
DURING LABOUR:
Element #7:Preferences for fetal monitoring
Element #8: Preferences for artificial rupture of membranes
Element #9: Preferences as to who will attend (family, medical students, Doula, etc
Element #10: Preferences for eating, drinking, ice chips, etc
Element #11: Preferences for clothing: hospital gown or own clothes
Element #12: Preferences towards pain management: massages, baths, walking, hypnosis, epidural, pain killers etc
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Element #13: Preferences for picture taking
Element #14: Preferences towards routine procedures: shaving? enemas?
Element #15: Preferences towards routine i.v.
Element #16: Preferences towards induction and possibility to go beyond due date
Element #17: Preferences to follow or not Freedman's curve- i.e.
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