Health Tip: Creating Your Birth Plan Nov 18, 2009
That's why establishing a birth plan -- a list of preferences for labor and delivery -- may be in order. The Nemours Foundation offers these suggestions about what to include in a birth plan. (MEDLINEplus)
Dallas couple celebrates terminal son's birth, then wait for end Sep 8, 2009
Between contractions, Kirksey reviewed the Lauxes' birth plan. Their obstetrician, Dr. Cindy Hartley, would try for a natural delivery. (KHOU.com, TX)
How-to Write a Birth Plan When Expe... Sep 8, 2009
How-to Write a Birth Plan When Expecting a Baby. How-to Write a Birth Plan When Expecting a Baby ... Before entering the labor and delivery room, create a birth plan. (Suite101.com)
Health Tip: Taking a Childbirth Class Sep 5, 2009
Learn how to create a birth plan. Learn signs that you're in labor. (MEDLINEplus)
Dallas couple finds support to deal with unborn son's terminal condition Aug 31, 2009
In late March, the nurse came to the Lauxes' home and explained how she would help them and their doctors develop a birth plan. If it was possible to bring Thomas home, hospice also could provide support meeting them at the hospital to plan, providing oxygen equipment and medicine to manage symptoms such as breathlessness, anxiety and discomfort. (KHOU.com, TX)
'He's our little guy -- a precious life for us' Aug 26, 2009
" Some babies with this condition can't make the transition to breathing on their own because they don't have sufficient brain tissue to regulate basic functions, so they die shortly after birth, he said. Others live for only a few days, and in even fewer cases, some babies will continue to survive for a number of weeks or even months. Holoprosencephaly, one of a range of cephalic defects involving brain formation in fetuses, usually occurs between 6 and 9 weeks of gestational age, Dr. Giles... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Your doctor never told you... Jul 16, 2009
In all the books usually written by people who have never had children, they say go in with a birth plan. It's the biggest load of rubbish. (iAfrica.com)
The 3rd trimester bikini strut Jul 2, 2009
She sighed as she walked into the room, lowered herself onto a chair and started talking about her exhaustion and birth plan: she had booked a caesarean, bought formula and hired two night nurses. "I go to bed at 11 and wake up at seven - that's it for me," she declared, stroking her round belly. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Giving Birth at Home May 17, 2009
For most pregnant women, a key part of their birth plan involves how they'll get to the hospital. But more and more moms-to-be are skipping that step and planning to deliver at home. (Time.com)
Study reveals conflict between doctors, midwives over homebirth May 12, 2009
Meanwhile, the patient, whose intention was not to have a hospital birth, is already feeling upset at the change in birth plan, and is now watching her care provider come into conflict with the stranger who is about to deliver her baby. "It's an extremely tension-fraught encounter," Cheyney said, "and something needs to be done to address it." As homebirths increase in popularity, she added, these encounters are bound to increase and a plan needs to be in place so that doctors and midwives know... (EurekAlert!)
Midwives quit over birth plan delay May 12, 2009
Kate Benson Medical Reporter. MORE than a quarter of the midwives at the beleaguered Blue Mountains hospital have quit in the past 12 months, frustrated that a plan allowing them to manage routine births has stalled for five months despite being approved by NSW Health. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Home comforts Apr 16, 2009
"We usually reassess at the birth plan appointment around 38 weeks to discuss again whether the pregnancy has remained normal, uncomplicated and low risk and remind them the option of home birth is there. We usually reassess at the birth plan appointment around 38 weeks to discuss again whether the pregnancy has remained normal, uncomplicated and low risk and remind them the option of home birth is there Julie Richards Powys health board "Obviously when women ring up in labour we go back over... (BBC News -- Health)
