Should I write a birth plan?

Emerald

If it really doesn't get followed anyway what's the point? When I gave birth to my first a year ago, I felt like nobody even bothered to even read it, let a lone do anything I asked.

I talked to one of my midwives and she was less than helpful. She said "some things in birth just happen and you can't get what you want."

So I said really? Like the nurses not bother to check me or come in my room. None of the nurses believed I was in active labor. They refused to fill the tub. I didn't have a labor room, I stuck. Metal chair in the shower, and labored in a small cramped shower to ease contractions... and I had to push, my fiance went out to try to get a nurse and nobody would come... so I was scared I didn't even know if I was able to push yet or not, but I trusted my body, and I was pushing for like 5 minutes until somebody FINALLY came in and said "oh I guess it's go time, I can see the head" really? And by the way, the only one other person in the maternity ward gave birth to her baby the night before. It's not like they were busy with anybody else.

But that's just one thing, nothing in my plan got followed. I wanted delayed cord clamping, they cut it immediately... I wanted to be alone in the room with the baby and my fiance for awhile, they let the baby leave the room to see waiting family while i was getting stitches....

It's not like the baby wasn't breathing properly, he was perfectly healthy, they didn't tell me why they had to cut the cord, if it was some health reason I would have understood. But it wasnt.

Sorry for the long rant... but I'm still upset about my first birth I don't even know what I want to do in a few months.. the midwives don't even seem to care about what their patients want. After I told her all that she still didn't help me much she said, well maybe you just shouldn't write one.. okay... so basically instead of helping me she made me feel like no matter what I want it won't happen... I don't know what to do..