Hypnobirthing Birth Plan pdf

1. Hypnobirthing Birth Plan Amy Johnson – Due Date: 12 December I have put together a simple birth plan. I would appreciate your effort to accommodate our wishes. However, we do understand that emergencies happen, complications arise, and therefore all our request may not be possible. Labor Please let us know when we can take photos and videos; We are a hypnobirthing family; Please do not offer pain medication, do not assess my pain levels, or ask about my pain. If I need pain relief, I will ask for it; If possible, please keep the room warm and dimly lit; After a 20-minute NST strip, please allow intermittent monitoring and permission to walk in the room; Please allow me to labor down to crowning; If no antibiotic risk factors are present, I decline antibiotics from unknown GBS status—I want to follow the CDC guidelines for intrapartum unknown GBS; Delivery I do not wish to have students or extra people in the room; I wish to keep the lights dim if possible; I wish to keep the room as quiet as possible; I prefer no forced pushing or counting to 10 while pushing. Please allow me to do this my own way; Please allow for restitution, and do not pull my baby out. Allow me to push my baby out; Please offer warm perineal compresses; I do not wish to have an episiotomy, perineal massage or perineal ironing; If shoulder dystocia is suspected, please let me get on my hands and knees; Please allow me to birth in a position other than lithotomy, if that is working well; Please put my baby directly on my chest, skin to skin; Please delay cord clamping until the cord has stopped pulsating so that she gets all of her stem cells and blood volume. My husband would like to cut the cord; I do not have gonorrhea or chlamydia, so please do not administer erythromycin eye ointment; Please allow my baby to stay skin to skin and in my arms, instead of the warmer; Please do not add chemicals to the placenta and do not send it to pathology—we would like to take it home with us. Postpartum Care Please put us in a room with a sofa or roll-away bed for my husband to sleep on; I will breastfeed exclusively; Please keep my baby in the room with me; We decline a septic workup on the baby for unknown GBS status; I would like to request an early discharge if both my baby and I are stable. Thank you for sharing the birthing experience with us.