A couple appointments ago my dr asked if I would like to use the labor tub and I said I would and he put that in my notes. We talked about water births, and he seemed to really encourage them. I labored in the tub with my first but pushed for over an hr and eventually had to get out. He asked about pain relief and I told him I didn't have any with my first and he said "does that mean you want it this time?" haha, I said no and we talked about the pain of labor and "transition" and all that, but with this being my 2nd he was pretty confident I would do fine. I guess that was the birth plan, lol, just those two questions. I would love to get to write something out but honestly, they would probably never read it.
My biggest thing was doing it as natural as possible and not being pressured into a bunch of unnecessary interventions to serve the hospital's big agenda.
Because of this I did a lot of research and chose to deliver in a very small local hospital that has a separate birthing center. They did do the ointment in the eyes and all the standard stuff but they asked me first and gave me all the options and seemed to legitimately leave it up to me and not pressure one way or the other. Luckily I had a wonderful experience, so I'm a lot more trusting this time around and plan to just go with the flow.
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