Birthing Plan???

Question

I'm having a bit of anxiety lately, especially about giving birth. This is my first time giving birth and I am a little overwhelmed about the birth plan. When do I start to make it? Should take some classes? I know what I want for myself because I work with tiny babies for my job and I have so many stories from the moms I work with. I love hearing about their experiences and it helps me feel less afraid of the laboring but I'm still scared. I mean, I'm going to be pushing a whole human out of a small hole in my body! I want to be prepared and I'm doing a lot of research on my own, but my OB hasn't even talked about making a plan yet and I'm getting nervous that they don't talk about it all and I'll be on my own to figure out what to do. 
Am I just over thinking this, or will they discuss my options with me at some point? I haven't had my anatomy scan yet, it's next week so hopefully I will talk to someone then. 
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer this hot mess of a mama. 💕

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I think its something that gets overthought a little. Most of the time your doctor won't go over a birth plan with you because they won't be administering anything without your consent and most complications don't come to light until the day of and your mind might change a million times. I went in with an open mind and was completely fine with whatever needed to happen to make sure my baby was okay. I ended up having a vaginal birth and only opted for the epidural and it all went great. I mean obviously you can bring it up with your doctor what you want and they can make a note and they should be all for whatever you want. You'll come to find out at labor that there isn't that many options unless there is complications its really just a sit and wait kind of thing.

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Best advice?? Don’t make one? I mean sure have a general idea of what you want but don’t go in with it written outs everything is always changing. I had a certain way I wanted things of course however things happen.

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Have a look at online birth plan resources and quizzes, just so you know the different options that are available. For my first pregnancy my OB didn’t really go through a birth plan with me at all, it’s sort of up to you to do the research. I would say, don’t have a super specific plan in mind for the perfect labour and delivery - things never will go exactly to plan and you will be less stressed if you’re open minded from the beginning. Research different pain relief options, ask your dr if you’re allowed to eat and drink during labour (varies from dr to dr), look into delayed cord cutting, if you want to do skin to skin straight away or nurses clean up baby slightly, if you want to look into cord blood registry etc. Ps. I recommend an epidural 😂🙈

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Your doctor, should you ask, should 100% go over your birth plan. Also, you can share it verbally or on paper with your nurses! I let my nurses know I would not like to be offered medication, and I always ask for a saline lock, and no fluids, as I drink water during labor (which you can do, it’s not up to anyone else! Lol) I didn’t take any classes, but I watched TONS of YouTube videos and just prepared myself, for free, as much as possible! There’s lots of videos on birth plans! My 2nd was born in the car, on the way to the hospital with no EMS, cord wrapped around her neck, not breathing right away. Obviously not part of my birth plan, and I’m fully aware things can change on a dime, but I like to go into things with a plan, and let everyone know what that is. It normally helps things go smoother. I also chose my doctor specifically because she has an extremely low c section rate, as does the hospital I deliver at, and it’s baby friendly, which was one of the most important things to me.

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Www.birthplanner.me 
I really loved it with my older one. It’s extremely simple and easy

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