Birth plan for c-section

I’m having my c-section 2 weeks today (crazy!!) and still haven’t wrote out my birth plan for it. I honestly have no clue what to put on it or how to lay it out.

Please could anyone share theirs? TIA!!🫶🏻

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Congrats!! You’ve made it to the finish line!

My only “plan” was skin to skin immediately, which was already part of the standard of care. Some people do music. They did the standard delayed cord clamping, but cut it themselves as I was bleeding a lot.

What I would do next time:
-wait to insert catheter until I am numb (I could feel it and it burns lol). They could have waited literally 30 more seconds.
-preventative medication for nausea and itchiness (they can give you something through an IV but I didn’t know this! Would have avoided my vomiting and itchiness later that was only cured with Benadryl)
-ask for anesthesiologist to provide regular updates of what’s going on

Good luck!

who you want with you, if you would like specific music played etc, whether you want your partner or support person to take pics (if hospital allows), if you want vitamin k shot for baby, delayed cord clamping, skin to skin (golden hour), if you plan to breast, formula or combo feed, if you want your partner to cut the cord, feeding support, do you want to keep your placenta for encapsulation, if they offer clear drape to watch baby come out - do you want that?

hope this helped a bit!

I had my C-section in June, and didn't do a birth plan. The community midwife asked about my preferences with regards to whether I wanted the curtain lowering ect, which was checked again on the day of my C-section in case I changed my mind, but I didn't actually write anything down.
I had a vaginal birth with my first, and I did do an actual birth plan for that

I made mine based on the options on the checklist here.

https://share.google/0P7cMv2jOnloDbWG6

It made me consider a lot of things I wouldn't have on my own

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