Comments on: The Birth Plan(s)

By: Katy W

Katy W — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:03:24 +0000

I believe the concern about eating is if Surgery is required not only C-section, but life saving procedures a full stomach can lead to vomitting and choking if you are unconcious. It is the same reason you have to be fasting when you go in for any surgical procedure. I was always starving 1-2 hours after delivery but not during labor at all. Oh and if you do eat, no red food. You don’t want anyone thinking you vomited blood

By: Lynsey Stone

Lynsey Stone — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:17:37 +0000

I made a cake with my girls when I was in labor with Eden and now it will be her special birthday cake every year! <3 <3

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:12:58 +0000

I didn’t click over to see where this was embedded. Oops! I won’t be heating up towels or drawing the bath, Sarah takes care of all of that. She just tells me what she needs and how to lay it out and I have it ready for her when she comes.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:09:07 +0000

Oh you were just saying you don’t know why you need garlic or the crock pot

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:31:58 +0000

I’m not sure I understand what you mean?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:12:53 +0000

So are these just things your midwife tells you to do?

By: kara

kara — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:55:39 +0000

So glad to hear it, Jenna. Let me know if you have any questions about it!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:09:59 +0000

If I were hospital birthing I would definitely choose the place based on their policies. I won’t have that luxury though if I have to transfer in the middle of labor (which is, of course, a risk I’m willing to take).

And now I need to bump “contact pediatrician” up on my to-do list. So much to prepare!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:07:57 +0000

Today I showed TH a picture of a meconium filled diaper. Maybe I should call him over and point out pictures of the placenta as well!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:06:37 +0000

One of the biggest reasons I wanted to post my birth plans was so that people like you would help me understand things that Google sometimes doesn’t do a very good job of explaining. I’ll be fighting to have the PKU test done in our room with baby right next to me (or in my arms?) but after comments like yours I won’t be denying. Thanks!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:04:58 +0000

One of the things I look forward to most in regards to my unmedicated birth is feeling the desire to push. All women who birth drug free talk about how powerful the urge is, and I think listening to your body tell you what to do is a wonderful thing.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:00:52 +0000

Oh man, can you believe I took anatomy in college TWICE!?? Actually now I’m probably helping people understand why I took it twice.

I knew that the glans was the head and that what I meant to refer to was the foreskin. I really did!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:28:09 +0000

Heating up water/towels? Or possibly creating the herbal bath that I’ll be immersing in after baby is born? I have no idea about that one!

By: Sarag

Sarag — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:37:31 +0000

What’s the crock pot for?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:29:50 +0000

I love that you posted these! I’m not planning on having kids for a while, but I really enjoy reading about your birthing plans. I had never thought twice about hospital births before reading your blog, but I think that once we start talking about having kids, I will be doing some research on home birthing! Thanks for being so open in sharing your plans!

By: sarsk624

sarsk624 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:49:04 +0000

My brother isn’t and I have never really discussed with my parents why they didn’t. But my husband is. I don’t honestly think my brother or a former BF, who also was not, ever were teased. But that BF did feel a need to tell me ahead of time he was not. One interesting thing I just found, when googling for reasons to that are not religious, it is thought to reduce the rates of HPV and thus cervical and penile cancer. I’m sure an argument can be made that if you’re having responsible, safe sex you wouldn’t get HPV. But look at the rates. Condoms don’t prevent it. Here is the article from The Journal of Infection Disease http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=12952

That’s not to criticize Jenna in anyway. I’m impressed by how thorough her birth plans are and commend her for making them available.

It is something that I just looked up after reading the comments because I don’t know what my personal feelings on circumcision would be.

By: schmei

schmei — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:21:58 +0000

I just wanted to throw in that I really like the formatting of these plans: straightforward, numbered lists. Friends of mine had a birth plan that was a NOVEL. Seriously – pages of wordy prose, justifying each choice. It was preachy and hard to follow.

In the end, their birth went nothing at all like their plan, and it sounded like the nurses at the hospital kind of despised them for showing up with this multi-page list of demands and an “Anything the doctor says is wrong” attitude.

I feel like anyone could follow this list, especially the home birth, step-by-step prep parts – and even if the less-than ideal situation comes to pass, you’ve clearly though that through. Very nicely done.

By: MrsW

MrsW — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:48:36 +0000

The ACOG now recommends clear liquids during labor, so pull that on them if someone tries to confront you. Of course, you may find that eating is the last thing on your mind.

By: Aubree

Aubree — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:52:36 +0000

I’ve never had a baby so I have no advice for you, but thank you for letting us read these! I bet you’re so excited It feels like just yesterday you were announcing your pregnancy on this blog! Good luck with your plan, I’m sure everything will work out great.

By: Aubree

Aubree — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:50:58 +0000

The glans is actually the head of the penis–I think that most men would argue that’s a horrific idea