Birth plan??
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To make a good birth plan, you want a plan A and a plan B. Because things happen and if you don’t know what you would do in the case of other events, that’s how your birth can easily turn sour. I’m a doula and I have a birth plan that covers everything and you can print it out and give a copy to your birth team when the time comes, if you want it I can send it to you (it’s free lol). You also want to pick the right hospital. A lot of hospitals in NY don’t offer gas&air btw. Some hospitals in NY I KNOW will pressure you every 10mins for something regardless of your birth plan, I see it often as a doula so picking the right hospital is KEY
If you need to be induced try other induction methods before pitocin. Make sure pitocin is last resort. It’s the worst. Caused me to have a c section and lost soo much blood because my pressure was so high from being given the max dosage of pitocin.
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They usually won’t do a cesarean unless necessary or unless they do something to cause it to be necessary 🥲 so I would opt for minimal intervention and minimal cervical checks because if they break your water before it breaks on its own, the clock starts.
I would add no IV unless absolutely necessary. They talked me into one saying they wanted to avoid dehydration because I was vomiting and hadn't eaten that morning. I said ok, just fluids but then an hour or so later when I was pushing and babies heart rate started dropping I hear my midwife tell the nurse to stop the pitocin drip. Girl I was PISSED. No one asked me and I didn't want any intervention. Have no idea when they snuck that in or why because it wasn't needed at all. Not to mention the IV is just super uncomfortable and hinders your free movement. Even after birth it was always in the way while trying to breastfeed and was really sore by day 2 and they did not want to take it out for anything. That was a big regret for me
It's all in the breathing and water birth helps a lot the warm water helps with the pain alot and just have to find any way possible to relax cause if u flex the down there muscles it takes longer and hurts more
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Big thing is picking your hospital. I did at least 4 hospital tours before making my decision. Since I was in labor for so long, getting limited cervical checks the doctor were extremely pushy to do more checks, one doctor would not stop bothering me with induction and another c section after my baby’s heart rate dropped slightly for a very short period of time then back to normal. The fear mongering was insane. I even had to tell the doctor not to come back until x time because I’m not even rethinking anything until then. In the end because me and my baby were both healthy and okay I did not listen to any of them I really had to stand my ground and advocate for myself and trust my body and my instincts. My doula helped so much by providing me with accurate information to make my decisions. Even had doctors asking me why I didn’t got to a birthing center. As if there’s one close to where I live. In the end the doctor that delivered me was on the same page as me
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Look Up Different Things That You Can Do To Open Up Your Pelvic Floor That Looks Fine To Me I’m A First Time Mom As Well And Wanna Do Natural Birth Unmedicated Also Look Into Baby Classes That Teach Different Things As Well So You Can Learn More About Different Things Like CPR For The Baby Labor And Delivery Breastfeeding Also Talk To Your Doctors