birth plan
Labor preference document
A birth plan is a document outlining a pregnant person's preferences for labor and delivery—pain management choices, who will be present, positions for pushing, interventions to avoid.
It communicates wishes to medical staff in advance: We went over our birth plan with the midwife.
Birth plans range from detailed multi-page documents to simple bullet points, though actual births often deviate from the plan.
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- contractionsShortened word forms
- babyVery young child
- golden hourWarm-lit period near sunset
wishes · VBAC · labor · hospital · labor induction · breathing exercises · hypnobirthing · delivery · informed consent · relaxation techniques · mother · maternal health · skin-to-skin · epidural · breastfeeding support · positions · pushing · cervical dilation
- Prenatal Educationlamaze classes, antenatal classes, hypnobirthing, breathing techniques, labor coaching
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, labor and delivery, delivery room, labor room, midwife
- baby prepbaby shower, lamaze class, baby registry, baby clothes, hospital bag
- parenthoodbaby, newborn, pregnancy, parenting, conception
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, crowning
- women's healthgynecologist, gynecology, menstruation, OB-GYN, period
birth planmedical directive
Documented healthcare preferences
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