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Birth Plan

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  • 06-11-2014 12:01pm
    #1
    er1983
    Registered Users Posts: 287 ✭✭


    Hi All, not sure if there is another thread if so please merge.
    Had a 32 week check up in hospital yesterday not only did they find a glucose reading in my urine of +3 which means I have to go to hospital next wednesday for a few hours for the GTT, my midwife also asked me to start doing up a birth plan, can anyone give me some tips of what to put on it, thanks :-)


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    #2
    pwurple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    Birth plan is preferences.

    So, on mine I had, "No Pethidine please, other pain relief is welcome".
    I had an unpleasant reaction to pethidine previously.

    It's hard to know to be honest, especially on a first baby, unless you want something specific, like music being played, or a tens machine. You don't really know how it's going to go.

    I don't think I had anything down for my first, except a note about cord blood being retained for a study... and a number for the midwife to call about that.


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    bp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭bp


    I had written down with hubby: want no epidural if possible, want skin to skin contact at birth and that was it really!!! Plans go out the window!


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    Ginny
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    Www.aims.ie has a very indepth template of one you could modify.


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    Moonbeam
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    Just write down your preferences.
    No epidural and everything as natural as possible was my request.


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    er1983
    Registered Users Posts: 287 ✭✭er1983


    Thanks all, ginny that link is not working


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