Is anyone not writing a birth plan?

[sun]

Im not and didn't bother with my daughter either. I had a vague idea of what i wanted last time and got it.. this time I'm a bit more specific but am having a homebirth too and they write it all down on my homebirth visits anyway.

Wow I could have written that! Exactly the same for me!

 

[queencarrie]

ive never done one with any of my pregnancies....you cant plan the unexpected...i just go wid the flow worked for me so far xx

 

[Shiv]

I am hoping for a home birth too and haevn't written a birth plan, in fact even when the midwife came round for my home birth assessement i answered most of her questions with "can we wait and see"...............Even if you write a birth plan they have to check with you again at the time anyway so what is the point.

i have things in my mind that I would like to happen but I am pretty open to just going with the flow and seeing what happens!

 

[Angelique]

I'm having a c section, and most of the things with them are pretty standard.... my only things I'm concerned with.... I absolutely will not allow them to strap my arms down.... I do not want morphine, and if my baby is fine and doesn't need immediate medical attention, I would rather him not be wisked away like my 2nd daughter, I want to see him first.

I'm Not making a birth plan since if they try to strap my arms down I will flip on them, and my doc is pretty great, and is open to discussion.

 

[Mary Jo]

my new hospital gave me a checklist, and I'm supposed to fill it in with a midwife at one of my appointments. as this hospital is more on the ball than the one I had my son at, I do have a slight hope this will actually happen. last time I wrote a brief plan, midwives never wanted to go through it with me, and I actually forgot to bring it with me on the day. not that it would have made a blind bit of difference. this time I expect to go with the flow and see what happens. I am trying not to pin my hopes on it going a specific way anyway, because I know I can cope better with things going off track if I am not hugely emotionally invested in something. all I want is for us both to get through it alive and well, and hopefully happy and at peace, with no regrets.

 

[shortie1990]

I didn't do one last time, and I won't be doing one this time either, as long as I know what I want, I can't predict how this labour is going to pan out, so I feel having a birthing plan will just add to extra stress if things aren't going as according to the birthing plan, my feeling is to go with the flow and let my body decide

 

[lucy_lu10]

I don't see the point in writing one. With my first pregnancy, in one of my labour/delivery classes beforehand, we all had to write one but I just kept it for myself and decided to voice my opinions about the whole process if and when needed. Some of my friends wrote out very in-depth birth plans and then when things didn't go the way they wanted, they were super disappointed and felt that they had 'failed' somehow. I just plan on keeping an open mind, mentioning one or two things to the midwife, and going with the flow!